Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.snarked.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED!nerds-end From: "Derek M. Jones" Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.compilers Subject: Re: 40 year old compilers Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:52:51 +0100 Organization: virginmedia.com Lines: 20 Sender: johnl@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <13-06-008@comp.compilers> References: <13-06-004@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1370523151 9238 64.57.183.58 (6 Jun 2013 12:52:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 12:52:31 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: history Posted-Date: 06 Jun 2013 08:52:31 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:33442 comp.compilers:918 glen, > Someone in comp.lang.c is interested in understanding how a 40 years > old C compilers works, but doesn't know much about compilers. This begs the question of what is the oldest compiler still in production use. Here is a non-C candidate: http://shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com/2012/08/31/the-oldest-compiler-still-in-production-use-is/ > Seems to me that one way to learn is to read 40 year old compiler books. They don't always reflect reality on the ground. Here is a 30 year old C compiler: http://www.desmet-c.com/ and of course the grandaddy of them all: http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/primevalC.html