C History (WAS: Re: meaning of continue)

[Dan Bernstein]

In article <1931 at tuvie> hp at vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Peter Holzer) writes:
> >I don't think I've ever used an enum. Why not? Because they aren't in
> >the language I think of as C. The result? My code is more portable.
> >Would this be true if I used H&S as a reference? I doubt it.
> What is "the language you think of as C"? 

The original K&R.

> C is an evolving language and this leads me to my question:
> Can anyone give a history of the development of C? 

The standard has a bit of history. What I'd like to see is a tree (well,
DAG) showing the evolution of C compilers, mainframe and otherwise. It'd
give people a much better appreciation of the influence of pcc, etc.

---Dan