From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, July 11, 2021 at 1:48:18 AM UTC+10, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
      
   > >"So basically, the 370 C compiler on the PDP emitted 370 assembler language   
   which we assembled and linked under VM/CMS."   
   > >   
   > >https://akapugs.blog/2018/05/12/370unixpart2/   
   > >   
   > >So, "retarget" in the quote above means it outputs assembler for that   
   platform...   
      
   > Basically, an early cross-compiler.   
   >   
   > The Interdata 8/32 was native.   
      
   I'm guessing the C compiler running on the PDP was   
   written in C and could compile itself.   
      
   And it probably supported EBCDIC too.   
      
   Therefore the only thing preventing it from running on   
   the mainframe natively was the lack of a C runtime   
   library.   
      
   Has the source for this C compiler been lost? Maybe it   
   can be married up with PDPCLIB and be run natively.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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