[hacknews] new C compiler installed

henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (01/30/86)

Installed, finally, most of the System V C compiler.  This fixes a number
of bugs, and implements some language extensions:  void, unsigned char,
and structure member names local to the structures.  These changes may
possibly break a few programs.

Pcc and lint have not yet been updated to match.

/bin/cc itself, the control program, remains the V7 one with minor changes.
The SysV one is massively changed and I lack incentive to sort it all out,
since it has no effect on the language or the generated code and the old
/bin/cc works just fine.  Someday, maybe.
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