4 Jan
2017
4 Jan
'17
10:46 p.m.
IIRC the V7 compiler did not require it. It's possible Typesetter C may
have also.
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:41 AM, ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I just went looking at the v6 source to confirm a
memory, namely that cpp
was only invoked if a # was the first character in the file. Hence, this:
https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo/blob/Research-V6-Snapshot-
Development/usr/source/c/c01.c#L1
People occasionally forgot this, and hilarity ensued.
Now I'm curious. Anyone know when that convention ended?
ron