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What do you mean barely feasible? C is basically a slightly abstracted/elevated syntax with a particular calling convention on assembly language, and PDP-11 i
by jjtheblunt 4y ago
What do you mean barely feasible? C is basically a slightly abstracted/elevated syntax with a particular calling convention on assembly language, and PDP-11 is just a computer (that i remember too).
- erik_seaberg 4y agoI’m under the impression that the speed and memory of their PDP-11 were barely enough to run their C compiler, considering that Emacs was considered a heavyweight app and S-Algol had to target a virtual machine instead of native code.
- jjtheblunt 4y agovirtual machines are native code. if you google pdp-11 C you'll get all sorts of interesting articles from 40ish years ago.