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Subject: Re: [TUHS] Zilog Z80 Unix
From: Larry McVoy <lm () mcvoy ! com>
Date: 2017-04-24 0:40:31
Message-ID: 20170424004031.GI24499 () mcvoy ! com
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On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 10:04:49AM +1000, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Saturday, 22 April 2017 at 17:13:00 -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 07:07:13AM +1000, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> >> I remember BDS C for all the wrong reasons; I can only repeat a remark
> >> from Henry Spencer about another alleged C compiler: "To be called a C
> >> compiler, it ought to at least be able to compile C." My Z-80 C compiler
> >> was Hi-Tech C, which was full ANSI.
> >
> > I've never heard of Hi-Tech C but I am apparently more forgiving. I
> > spent many happy hours using BDS C. It wasn't exactly standard, the
> > standard I/O library was far from compat, but whatever, it was a C
> > compiler on a CP/M system. Pretty pleasant.
>
> Yes, I think this is a reasonable viewpoint. It was my first ever C
> environment, and I really recognized how non-standard it was when I
> got a standard C compiler and had to rethink (and rewrite).
Yeah, there were hiccups moving but it wasn't hard.
> Am I correct in remembering that this was the compiler that Craig
> Finseth used for MINCE, my first exposure to (also non-standard)
> Emacs?
No idea, never heard of MINCE.
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