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Re:9cc: A Small C Compiler by csours on Friday December 14, 2018 @05:31PM (#18685498)
I wonder if this is a reference to the band 10cc - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10cc
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Re:9cc: A Small C Compiler by rpz on Friday December 14, 2018 @08:15PM (#18686379)
G is the 7th letter of the alphabet
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Re:9cc: A Small C Compiler by csours on Saturday December 15, 2018 @11:42AM (#18689073)
It took me a distressingly long time to figure out what you meant by this.
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Re:9cc: A Small C Compiler by brabara on Friday December 14, 2018 @07:24PM (#18686155)
From the 2015 discussion about 8cc, the author states that "I chose a random character to append before 'cc'."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9125912

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Re:9cc: A Small C Compiler by chriscappuccio on Friday December 14, 2018 @09:06PM (#18686588)
his last C compiler was called 8cc
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