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From: anon@att.net
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Subject: Re: Why no socket package in the standard ?
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 02:02:04 +0000 (UTC)
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        In the mid 1970s, AT&T and Bell Labs sold their OS by saying 
you provide a C compiler you can get a secure OS written in 100% C.

So, the Fortran && compiler was written in C.

In <op.vv3pqqq5lzeukk@jellix.jlfencey.com>, "Vinzent Hoefler" <0439279208b62c95f1880bf0f8776eeb@t-domaingrabbing.de> writes:
>Maciej Sobczak wrote:
>
>> On 26 Maj, 14:42, Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Similarly, make
>>> started as a hack to overcome the deficiencies of C
>>
>> Sorry, but here:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_%28software%29
>>
>> there is nothing about it. Any references to C in this article are
>> qualified with "for example", which is in line with what I've said.
>>
>> Could you please share the source of your information? I'm genuinely
>> interested.
>
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Feldman>
>
>1977, Bell Labs, UNIX, first FORTRAN 77 compiler.
>
>I'd suspect, this compiler wasn't written in FORTRAN itself, so the
>logical conclusion would be that the compiler was witten in C (like
>almost anything for UNIX, especially at that time) and thus 'make'
>was written to simplify the task of compiling those compiler's sources. ;)
>
>
>Vinzent.
>
>-- 
>A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying
>razors.
>   --  Waldi Ravens