[TUHS] Any UNIX With No C In Userland?

[Larry McVoy]

On Sat, Mar 01, 2025 at 01:51:29PM -0800, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) wrote:
> segaloco via TUHS writes:
> > Given that anything that obeys the ABI and has assembler entries to the ker=
> > nel
> > can request services, it seems to me it would be possible to stand up a
> > user-land without C being present.  Have any UNIXen ever done this after th=
> > e
> > advent of C?
> 
> SunOS 4.0 or 4.1 was when the Sun geniouses unbundled the C compiler
> and made it a $$$ add on.  That move single-handedly made GCC the
> reference compiler moving forward.

I think that OP was asking about a userland compiled with Pascal or Go
or Rust, anything other than C.  

I don't think it was a question of commercial C or Gcc (I agree that it
was a bonehead move on Sun's part).
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