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From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Binary Compatibility period
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Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 21:47:25 EST
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> The only way I can see UNIX becoming the "standard" will be if someone
> (preferably AT&T) can develop a p-code (u-code ?) that all compilers could
> generate, then all "ports" of UNIX would include the p-code assembler
> as part of ld, it would have to be a very clearly specified code.

How about pcc intermediate code? Since most 68000 and other non-PDP-11 UNIX
'C' compilers seem to be based on PCC, and since the interemediate code should
be hardware independant (modulo byte ordering), this would allow 'C', Pascal,
and Fortran-77 portability. Pcc mightn't be the fastest or the best compiler,
but it's common enough...
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