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From: Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Forward references
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2016 15:45:19 +0000, Stefan Ram wrote:

> An old C compiler from the 70s is a one-pass compiler IIRC,
>   so it does not do "forward references".
>
Whose C was that? 

Not K&R for sure: they've always had separate preprocessor, C->Assembler 
translation, assembler and linker phases. Thats a given, since from the 
outset they were designed to use the native assembler and linker
of the target machine, since that's an easy way to make porting easier.


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