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From: Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com>
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Subject: Re: New VSI blog post
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On 8/1/2024 7:16 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 7/31/2024 11:20 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:46:18 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 7/31/2024 10:38 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>> Been there, done that sort of thing, before your time (early 1990s).
>>>
>>> Early 90's before John's time????
>>
>> When did DEC embrace ANSI C?
>
> The standard happened in 1989 (ANSI) and 1990 (ISO).
>
> I am not sure when DEC C 4.0 shipped, but given that
> VAX C never existed on Alpha, then together with the first
> VMS Alpha release in 1992 seems like a good guess.
>
> And it takes time to implement a new compiler, so
> it seems likely that the ink on the printed copy
> of the standard was barely dry before management at
> DEC said go.
>
> But I don't think John did C back then - as I recall
> it was:
>   Pascal - Reagan
>   Fortran - Lionel
>   C - Vogel

I'm pretty sure DEC C was on VAX before Alpha was available.


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