On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:29:09 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/10/2009 07:58 PM, ow...@netptc.net wrote: >>> >>> >>> ---- Original Message ---- >>> From: m...@allums.com >>> To: ron.l.john...@cox.net >>> Subject: Re: Which programming Language Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 >>> 12:32:26 -0600 > [snip] >>> The Motorola 68000 series was allegedly designed partly with C in >>> mind. >> I was told this too. However, having taught both M68000 Assembler and >> C I have my doubts. > > The legend was that C was influenced by PDP-11 assembler. Don't know > how true it is.
Probably very true. As far as I know, the first implementation of C was on the PDP-11. I used it in the 70's, when it was still fresh. It felt like I was programming a PDP-11 but didn't have to worry (much) about register allocation. All the usual operations were there. Even a restriction that if an expression was too complex to be evaluated in the available machine registers, the compiler would reject it. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
