"Nobody programs in machine language" (was: Modern

From: auryn_at_gci-net.com <(auryn_at_gci-net.com)>
Date: Wed Jun 23 18:40:56 2004

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:13:03 -0700 (PDT)
 "Dwight K. Elvey" <dwight.elvey_at_amd.com> wrote:
>
> >From: "der Mouse" <mouse_at_rodents.montreal.qc.ca>
> >
> >> Q: Current C compilers are written in C.
> >> What was the FIRST C compiler written in?
> >
> >Was there a well-defined "first C compiler"? I'm not
> sure there was.
> >The language we know today as C has evolved over many
> years, and it's
> >hard to find an obvious place to draw a "before this was
> not C" line.
>
> There was a 'B' as well. I don't recall hearing about a
> 'A'.

I thought the puzzle was whether C's successor would
be *D* or *P*...

--don
Received on Wed Jun 23 2004 - 18:40:56 BST