On Wed, 2014-02-19 at 00:49 -0800, Walter Bright wrote: […] > The unix toolchain did not port well to 16 bit machines. The C compilers for > the > PC were pretty much all built from scratch.
On the other hand, the UNIX tool chain worked fine for me on PDP-11s, which were very definitely 16-bit. Though we were very happy when we got a VAX-11/750 and 32-bits. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
