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		ableal on Oct 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bjarne Stroustrup Answers C++ Questions (From that article, thanks) > port the compiler to an early 640MB Windows machine. Probably meaning a 640 kB MS-DOS machine - the first C++ 'cfront' tapes were going out by 1986, if memory serves.

mistrial9 on Oct 15, 2019 [–]

cfront testing run on MacOS in 1987, from "floppy disk"; confirm

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