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by 4ad 2744 days ago
Ken Thompson has been writing compilers for over 50 years now. If you believe that Ken "barely knew how to get a compiler working in the first place", we have nothing to talk about, as you obviously made up your mind already.
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candiodari 2744 days ago
Then read the source for the compiler yourself. Tell me I'm wrong.
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4ad 2744 days ago
Not only I have read it, I have written several compiler targets for it. You are wrong. It's by far the easiest compiler I have worked with.
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