On 2024-09-28 22:30:06, nick wrote:
> environment (Unix, Windows...). Or look into pcc (Portable C Compiler by
> Steve Johnson) and be amazed, although the code is actually a bit of a
> dog's breakfast compared with Ritchie's PDP-11 original.
I just looked, what looks like a later rewrite of pcc is in Daedulas Devuan -
"PCC is a small, simple, fast and understandable C99 compiler based on the
original Portable C Compiler by S. C. Johnson, written in the late 1970s.
Focus on being able to compile and run on a PDP11, even if it may not happen
in reality, keeps it lean; abstinence from over-complicated algorithms leads
to quick reliable code generation. Even though much of the compiler has been
rewritten, some of the basics still remain."
Might still be worth a look?
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