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From: tanner@cdis-1.compu.com (Dr. T. Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: 'C' for CP/M
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Date: 1 Oct 90 16:00:26 GMT
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 + In article <530@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US> friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US
 + (Steve Friedl) writes  [ of BDS C under CP/M ]
True, there was BDS C, but there was also Q/C ("quality C"), by Jim
Colvin, and which we happily used.  It had everything but longs and
floating types (and it had a crude pre-processor).  It was one-pass
in operation, generating source for the local assembler.

Reasonably fast (normally it was waiting on I/O), reasonably cheap,
and it came with source.  Funny how things which come with source
seem to work better, isn't it?

Ah, yes, and it could re-compile itself on a CP/M system!  This was
verified by allowing it to do so, after making a few minor mods to
it.  A really incredible deal, and one which we still cite as a good
example.
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