[TUHS] Re: History of non-Bell C compilers?

The first book on compilers I got that included the source code. It's been incorporated into lcc-win32, a neat little Win32 compiler suite that I have at times played with, mostly during the times I was actively maintaining a Windows-based community cybercaf. It's been upgraded to lcc-win64, so there is a back end for x86_64. Just not a *nix one. Wesley Parish On 8/03/24 22:33, arnold(a)skeeve.com wrote: > Interestingly, they used Literate Programming to do so. > The source is available, but IIRC there isn't a back end > for x86_64. > > Rob Pike <robpike(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Chris Fraser and Dave Hanson did LLC and wrote a book about it, very >> clean >> and pedagogically valuable. >> >> https://www.amazon.com.au/Retargetable-C-Compiler-Design-Implementation/dp/… >> >> >> -rob >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 11:31 AM Warner Losh <imp(a)bsdimp.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 5:08 PM Rich Salz <rich.salz(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I believe Snyder was an MIT Master's thesis, finished in 1975[1]. >>>> There >>>> was a fair amount of C and compiler work at MIT LCS, perhaps JNC >>>> can post >>>> some info. I think Snyder's compiler was used for the MIT PC/IP[2] >>>> project; >>>> the links at BitSavers imply they are related. PC/IP brought TCP and >>>> clients to DOS 3 machines and was commercialized as FTP software >>>> and was >>>> one of the reasons for the creation of the MIT license[4]. BDS >>>> C[3] was >>>> done by an MIT drop-out, Leor Zolman. I bought my first motorcycle >>>> from him >>>> :) BDS C was used for the first implementations of MINCE (mince is >>>> not >>>> complete emacs -- those kinds of acronyms were popular) and Scribble, >>>> downsized clones of emacs and Scribe, respectively. >>>> >>>> [1] http://www.lcs.mit.edu/publications/specpub.php?id=717 >>>> [2] https://web.mit.edu/Saltzer/www/publications/pcip-1986.pdf >>>> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDS_C >>>> [4] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9263265 >>>> >>> Judging from what's at the bitsavers I posted, the source for pcip and >>> this is the backstory to them. >>> >>> Warner >>>