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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 _dain_ on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:45PM (#35442438)
you've always been able to run C on bare metal without an OS
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Re:Ask HN: If Unix is written in C, how did they run C befor... by Tepix on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:47PM (#35442479)
Not before there were C compilers.
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Re:Ask HN: If Unix is written in C, how did they run C befor... by snvzz on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @01:31PM (#35443130)
Compiling C can be done by humans on pen and paper.
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