24 Aug
2018
24 Aug
'18
7:02 a.m.
My two cents, ...
From: Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:30:19 -0400
To: ron(a)ronnatalie.com
Subject: Re: [TUHS] C++ / Kernel
Yep. Im pretty sure I remember void being in typesetter C also. IIRC the
differences between that version of Dennis???s compiler and what was included
in 7th Edition was mostly in the libraries ie stdio was first released as
part of the typesetter compiler but it was still a work in progress.
K&R 1 did not have void or structure assignment. Those came later,
although I'm not sure when. They may have been mentioned in an
appendix; my copy isn't handy to check.
At what point did each struct become its own namespace? I think
around the time of K&R1.
From: Clem cole <clemc(a)ccc.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 22:52:24 -0400
To: Noel Chiappa <jnc(a)mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] C++ / Kernel
...
The big changes to the language were between 6th Edition and Typesetter
which were done in concert if not to support Brian???s work on the troff
rewrite. Plus the first draft of book was being written around then also.
The troff rewrite was later, circa '81 or so. Definitely NOT in the
V6/V7 timeframe.
Arnold