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Article #2441Re: Using C to describe itself
From: Chip Salzenberg
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1987 19:24
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1987 19:24
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In article <7360@boring.mcvax.cwi.nl>, Steven Pemberton writes:
> In article <1403@uwmacc.UUCP> Mark Edwards writes:
> > Yes indeed C can describe itself.
>
> Actually, I'm not completely convinced of this.
> [...]
> Evidence of this is in Dennis Ritchie's Turing award lecture: he had built a
> trojan horse into the C compiler. The compiler looked identical to its
> previous self, but actually compiled a (slightly) different language.
I've never heard of Ritchie's "Turing award lecture". What was that lecture,
and what exactly was the Trojan horse you mention?
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!clyde!burl!codas!novavax!ucf-cs!usfvax2!chips From: chips@usfvax2.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Using C to describe itself Message-ID: <738@usfvax2.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Apr-87 15:24:10 EDT Article-I.D.: usfvax2.738 Posted: Fri Apr 24 15:24:10 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Apr-87 20:23:11 EDT References: <437@haddock.UUCP> <1829@enea.UUCP> <440@haddock.UUCP> <7360@boring.mcvax.cwi.nl> Organization: AT Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 16 Summary: Ritchie's Trojan horse?