I think I read someplace that they wrote gcc on a SUN box, so I guess they used the SUN C compiler to get started. The SUN C compiler was based on the MIT C compiler, which was based on PCC from V7 Unix I think. PCC was written on the PDP-11 using DMRs C compiler. I think DMR wrote the first C compiler in B.
If it wasn't written on a SUN it was something similar. All Unix C compilers are children of PCC. -----Original Message----- From: John Summerfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 6:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Getting gcc Ada to build On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Post, Mark K wrote: > Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 17:43:50 -0500 > From: "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Getting gcc Ada to build > > Well, that raises the question of how Debian and Red Hat got an Ada compiler > to start with. Or for that matter, Slackware, or any of the other > distributions out there. Was there some free Intel-based Ada compiler > (non-gcc) available that everyone used? > While we're asking deep and meaningful questions, how did they get a C compiler? -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
