[TUHS] execl and execv, first appearance in unix

Warren Toomey wkt at tuhs.org
Mon Mar 23 07:44:34 AEST 2020


On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 02:49:03PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
>    On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 2:20 PM Warren Toomey <[1]wkt at tuhs.org> wrote:
> 
>      On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 09:58:29AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
>      > "from a working C compiler for 2nd Edition UNIX."
>      > Does anybody know for sure, or can provide more insight into the
>      last1120c.tar.g
>      > z file to help disambiguate?
>      Yes, all the details are on Dennis' web page:
>      [2]https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/primevalC.html
> 
>    Magic historical 8-ball sez: situation unclear, try again.
>    So could be 2nd, 3rd or 4th edition given the date range.

Someone from the Labs here on the list might be able to clarify. I'm sure
I heard that they start with the PDP-11/20 and got an 11/45 around the time
of Second Edition. So the "last1120c" was the C compiler around the time of
Second Edition.

Cheers, Warren


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