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From: phil@sequent.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.bugs.2bsd,net.lang.c,net.bugs.4bsd
Subject: 4.X bsd pcc, where did it come from?
Message-ID: <305@sequent.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Dec-83 16:53:24 EST
Article-I.D.: sequent.305
Posted: Thu Dec  8 16:53:24 1983
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Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Portland
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in reference to the following article from Mark Horton:

  * Uh, excuse me, but 4.xBSD does NOT come with the System III VAX pcc.
  * If it did, you would need a system III license to get 4BSD.  Also, if
  * it did, you wouldn't be able to have names longer than 8 characters
  * that are the same in the first 8.
  * 
  * 4.1BSD comes with a pcc from 32V, with flexnames added and supporting
  * the same structure field language chanes you described.  4.2BSD
  * supports the same C language but has a C compiler largely rewritten
  * at Berkeley.

Uh, but *excuse* me Mark but I don't believe the 4.2 BSD  pcc  is
32V  based.  I  suggest  you check the following fragment of code
from  4.2  BSD  /usr/src/lib/mip/scan.c.   You  should  find  the
following piece of code:

72	extern int idebug, bdebug, tdebug, edebug, ddebug, xdebug, gdebug;
73	extern unsigned int offsz;
74	int fdef = 0;
75	char *release = "PCC/364r1 vax uts3.0";

** Am I blind or does line 75 tell me that this pcc is 3.0 based? **

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	Phil Hochstetler (503) 627-9811
	Sequent Computer Systems
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