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by pjmlp 923 days ago
Just like everyone used C dialects and variants of K&R C, until ISO finally came to be, and compatible C compilers were available outside UNIX, like Small-C and RatC.

Until then it was #ifdef spaghetti soup and plenty of Assembly to make up for the shortcomings of the dialects, but naturally Mr. Kernighan wouldn't write about that part.