[jerrysievert]

the c64 supported k&r c via the abacus c compiler.

I learned c on my c64, in fact. a skill I still use 32 years later.

you can download the manual courtesy of archive.org: https://archive.org/details/Super-C_1986_Abacus

[GlenTheMachine]

I had that. I interned at NASA as a high schooler, got exposed to C, and suddenly found BASIC lacking. SO I tracked down Abacus C at, as I recall, a JC Penney electronics section.

It didn't support then entire K&R standard though. No function pointers.

[jerrysievert]

no, I had to learn about function pointers through my work with MUDs, had a nice curiosity to go along with it, and an excitement when I figured out how powerful they were.

mine came from a small software store that was a bed store the last time I drove by.