15 Apr
2021
15 Apr
'21
5:19 p.m.
Hello,
Which was the first C compiler written outside Bell Labs?
I have a candidate in mind. Alan Snyder interned at Bell Labs in 1973.
Later at MIT, we wrote a C compiler for the PDP-10. This would have
been 1974-1975.
15 Apr
15 Apr
7:24 p.m.
I personally am not aware of another any earlier, so if you asked me that
is what I would have said. I'd be curious if you discover an earlier one
and the story behind it.
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On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 7:20 AM Lars Brinkhoff <lars(a)nocrew.org> wrote:
Hello,
Which was the first C compiler written outside Bell Labs?
I have a candidate in mind. Alan Snyder interned at Bell Labs in 1973.
Later at MIT, we wrote a C compiler for the PDP-10. This would have
been 1974-1975.
7:29 p.m.
Ditto,
Doug
On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 9:24 AM Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
I personally am not aware of another any earlier, so if you asked me that is what I would
have said. I'd be curious if you discover an earlier one and the story behind it.
ᐧ
On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 7:20 AM Lars Brinkhoff <lars(a)nocrew.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Which was the first C compiler written outside Bell Labs?
>
> I have a candidate in mind. Alan Snyder interned at Bell Labs in 1973.
> Later at MIT, we wrote a C compiler for the PDP-10. This would have
> been 1974-1975.
16 Apr
16 Apr
11:03 a.m.
Thank you!
M Douglas McIlroy writor:
Ditto,
Doug
Clem Cole wrote:
> I personally am not aware of another any earlier, so if you asked me
> that is what I would have said. I'd be curious if you discover an
> earlier one and the story behind it. ᐧ
>
> Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
>> Which was the first C compiler written outside Bell Labs? I have a
>> candidate in mind. Alan Snyder interned at Bell Labs in 1973.
>> Later at MIT, we wrote a C compiler for the PDP-10. This would have
>> been 1974-1975.
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