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From: werme@alliant.UUCP (Eric Werme)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: Who are Tartan Labs?
Message-ID: <238@alliant.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-May-86 01:11:24 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  1 01:11:24 1986
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Organization: Alliant Computer Systems, Acton, MA
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Keywords: C Reference Book
Summary: 

In article <1415@homxb.UUCP> gemini@homxb.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes:
>I have seen bits and pieces of references to Tartan Labs.
>Could somebody tell me what their product line is, etc.

Apologies for not being super-specific,  but Tartan Labs is a spinoff
from Carnegie-Mellon University.  The people include several compiler
people who have much experience writing highly optimizing compilers
(they designed and imlplemented BLISS). One is a C for VAXes.

The reason I'm posting this is that they also produced a book entitled
"The C Reference Manual" that is a wonderful compilation of information
on C that any serious user or compiler writer should have next to K&R,
especially if they are interested in portable code.  The book covers
all sorts of weird cases that you just can't answer from K&R.  Available
in better bookstores on the East and West coasts.