Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED!nerds-end From: Jorgen Grahn Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.compilers Subject: Re: 40 year old compilers Date: 6 Jun 2013 17:32:22 GMT Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 26 Sender: johnl@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <13-06-010@comp.compilers> References: <13-06-004@comp.compilers> <13-06-006@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1370701994 39817 64.57.183.58 (8 Jun 2013 14:33:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 14:33:14 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: history, C Posted-Date: 08 Jun 2013 10:33:14 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:33481 comp.compilers:920 On Wed, 2013-06-05, Anton Ertl wrote: > glen herrmannsfeldt writes: >>So, I wonder (cross post replies) about favorite 40 year old compiler >>books, especially if written using C-like languages > > I like [wulf+75]; however, that's mostly about optimizing, and I don't > think that C compilers of that time had serious ambitions in that > direction. > > Given that C compilers from 1973 came from Bell Labs, and Al Aho > worked at Bell Labs, the books he coauthored around that time might > fit the bill. There's also the CSTR series of technical reports from Bell Labs itself: http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr.html http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/bib A lot of them relate to compilers (but not all are available online, not from Bell Labs anyway). /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn O o .