Sujet : Re: New VSI blog post
De : davef (at) *nospam* tsoft-inc.com (Dave Froble)
Groupes : comp.os.vmsDate : 01. Aug 2024, 18:41:06
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On 8/1/2024 7:16 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
On 7/31/2024 11:20 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:46:18 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
On 7/31/2024 10:38 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
Been there, done that sort of thing, before your time (early 1990s).
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Early 90's before John's time????
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When did DEC embrace ANSI C?
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The standard happened in 1989 (ANSI) and 1990 (ISO).
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I am not sure when DEC C 4.0 shipped, but given that
VAX C never existed on Alpha, then together with the first
VMS Alpha release in 1992 seems like a good guess.
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And it takes time to implement a new compiler, so
it seems likely that the ink on the printed copy
of the standard was barely dry before management at
DEC said go.
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But I don't think John did C back then - as I recall
it was:
Pascal - Reagan
Fortran - Lionel
C - Vogel
I'm pretty sure DEC C was on VAX before Alpha was available.
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