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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 abraxas on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:44PM (#35442427)
C does not depend on Unix in any way. Hell, 8 bit micros like Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum had C compilers.
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Re:Ask HN: If Unix is written in C, how did they run C befor... by masklinn on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:56PM (#35442610)
That is technically true, but historically false (C was created for Unix).
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