1985-04-12 17:08:56 +00:00
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What's new:
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1987-03-23 21:00:02 +00:00
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A lot of things have changed since the previous distribution.
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1985-04-12 17:08:56 +00:00
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It is not wise to mix files created by the previous version of the Kit
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with files belonging to this version, although that might sometimes work.
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1987-03-23 21:00:02 +00:00
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The major changes are:
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- a new C-compiler and runtime system
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- a new C preprocessor
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- new assembler framework, allowing the generation of relocatable
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object code for most processors
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- new versions of all assemblers, using the new assembler framework
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- a new link-editor, linking is now a separate and fast phase for most
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machines
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- improved Pascal compiler, now also handles 4-byte wordsize
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- Motorola M68020 backend and assembler
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1987-03-31 10:34:14 +00:00
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- Support for (some) SUN systems
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1987-03-23 21:00:02 +00:00
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- improved version of LL(1) parser generator, producing faster code
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- a new language: Occam
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1987-03-31 10:34:14 +00:00
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- better System V support, the Kit should now just compile and run
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Ceriel J.H. Jacobs
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Dept. of Math. and Computer Science
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Vrije Universiteit
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Postbus 7161
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1007 MC Amsterdam
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The Netherlands
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(UseNet: ceriel@cs.vu.nl)
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