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From: aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu (Tony O'Bryan)
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 23:12:54 GMT
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Do C compilers exist for mainframe computers? If not, why?
The simple answer is yes. WhiteSmiths had a "C" compiler which was the delivered
C compiler for IBM mainframes years ago. Several years ago IBM finally got around
to writing their own and WhiteSmiths' compilers became an independent product.
About other 'mainframes', that depends on what you mean by mainframe. Prime had
C for their machines, even rewrite their FORTRAN OS code in it, before they went
belly up. Same for Wang. DEC had C for the VAX and still has it for Alpha on
all three OSs that it supports.
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Art S. Kagel, kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com
A proverb is no proverb to you 'till life has illustrated it. -- John Keats
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