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From: drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone)
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Subject: Re: PR1ME C compiler sources
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 > Or rather, the source code of _a_ Prime C compiler. There were others. :-)

The only real candidate for "THE" Prime C compiler would be the
Garth Conboy / Pacer Software compiler.  I don't know which others
might exist, but if there are two, I'd be surprised if there weren't
three.  What did UNH use?  Did the UK universities that built some
compilers do C?  Etc.

De
[I'd still be interested in hearing what any of them did for character
pointers. -John]