8 May
2025
8 May
'25
10:58 a.m.
If this is true, it's a pity. Otherwise, I would like to ask Ken Thompson
if he has the first C compiler.
8 May
8 May
1:42 p.m.
New subject: Ken Thomson's email address?
On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM Jackson Helie G <yuyi15968(a)gmail.com> wrote:
If this is true, it's a pity. Otherwise, I would
like to ask Ken Thompson
if he has the first C compiler.
The first "C" compiler wa an ephemeral state some time in the process of
its evolution. Dennis started with his B implementation and began to add
features he needed to support their new byte addressed PDP-11. He
originalled called it nb or "new B." The compiler accepted the B syntax
and new extensions for the new features. Eventually, the new feature
started to make the language different enough the language became something
he called C. At what time what was, I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone
ever declare and definitive time or date.
Look in https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Applications/Dennis_Tapes/ And start
poking if you want to see early versions of the compiler.
Have fun
Clem
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