The Whitesmiths compiler, first written for the PDP-11, was released in 1978 and compiled a version of C similar to that accepted by Version 6 Unix (Dennis Ritchie's original C compiler). It was an entirely new implementation, borrowing no code from Unix. Today, it is mainly remembered for lending its name to a particular indentation style, originally used in the code examples which accompanied it. Whitesmith's first customer for their C compiler was Fischer & Porter, a process control company then located in Warminster, Pennsylvania. Besides PDP-11, the compiler had code generators for Intel 8080/Zilog Z80, Motorola MC68000, and VAX-11, and it was commonly used as a cross compiler. Whitesmiths also developed a Pascal front-end for the compiler, that emitted C-language code for input to the C compiler.
By 1983 Whitesmiths was one of several vendors of Unix-like operating systems.[2] That year Whitesmiths formed a technical and business alliance with France-based COSMIC Software. At that time, Whitesmiths published 16-bit compilers for machines like PDP-11 while COSMIC published 8-bit compilers for Intel and MotorolaCPUs. This technology alliance improved compilers for both markets. Whitesmiths was actively involved in developing the original ANSI C standard supplying several members to the standards committee and hosting some technical sessions. They were one of the first suppliers of an ANSI C compliant compiler.
The company's president from 1978 to 1988 was P. J. Plauger. Whitesmiths merged with Intermetrics in December 1988, leading to further mergers and acquisitions.
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^Fiedler, David (21 July 1980). "Infoworld Interviews Whitesmiths, Ltd". Infoworld. p. 4. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^Fiedler, Ryan (October 1983). "The Unix Tutorial / Part 3: Unix in the Microcomputer Marketplace". BYTE. p. 132. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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whitesmiths, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2020, learn, w. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Whitesmiths news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Whitesmiths Ltd was a software company founded in New York City by P J Plauger Mark Krieger and Gabriel Pham 1 and last located in Westford Massachusetts It sold a Unix like operating system called Idris as well as the first commercial C compiler Whitesmiths C WhitesmithsIndustryITFounderP J Plauger Mark Krieger and Gabriel PhamHeadquartersWestford Massachusetts The Whitesmiths compiler first written for the PDP 11 was released in 1978 and compiled a version of C similar to that accepted by Version 6 Unix Dennis Ritchie s original C compiler It was an entirely new implementation borrowing no code from Unix Today it is mainly remembered for lending its name to a particular indentation style originally used in the code examples which accompanied it Whitesmith s first customer for their C compiler was Fischer amp Porter a process control company then located in Warminster Pennsylvania Besides PDP 11 the compiler had code generators for Intel 8080 Zilog Z80 Motorola MC68000 and VAX 11 and it was commonly used as a cross compiler Whitesmiths also developed a Pascal front end for the compiler that emitted C language code for input to the C compiler By 1983 Whitesmiths was one of several vendors of Unix like operating systems 2 That year Whitesmiths formed a technical and business alliance with France based COSMIC Software At that time Whitesmiths published 16 bit compilers for machines like PDP 11 while COSMIC published 8 bit compilers for Intel and Motorola CPUs This technology alliance improved compilers for both markets Whitesmiths was actively involved in developing the original ANSI C standard supplying several members to the standards committee and hosting some technical sessions They were one of the first suppliers of an ANSI C compliant compiler The company s president from 1978 to 1988 was P J Plauger Whitesmiths merged with Intermetrics in December 1988 leading to further mergers and acquisitions References edit Fiedler David 21 July 1980 Infoworld Interviews Whitesmiths Ltd Infoworld p 4 Retrieved 12 April 2015 Fiedler Ryan October 1983 The Unix Tutorial Part 3 Unix in the Microcomputer Marketplace BYTE p 132 Retrieved 30 January 2015 External links editWhitesmiths Ltd C Programmers Manual Official homepage of Cosmic Software nbsp This software company article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Whitesmiths amp oldid 1217091383, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
