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A comment on Ask HN: If Unix is written in C, how did they run C before Unix?.

Re:Ask HN: If Unix is written in C, how did they run C befor... by starkparker on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:17PM (#35442007)
see Dennis Ritchie's The Development of the C Language: https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/chist.html

pre-C Unix was written in assembly

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Re:Ask HN: If Unix is written in C, how did they run C befor... by cykros on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:19AM (#35452267)
I swore at one point Unix was written in a dead language called "B". Perhaps that was a joke that went over my head.
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