Re: Bootstraping compilers ?

glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
(snip)

> Well, some parts are in assembler, I believe mostly the I/O routines
> and the library (shared with Fortran G).
(snip)

> [The library is all assembler, the compiler itself was mostly in
extended
> Fortran.  And you're right, at the time the alternatives were all worse.
> -John]

I have the source, it is available on the web.

I was trying to think of a regexp that would unambiguously
distinguish Fortran from OS/360 Assembler to count the lines
or files in each.

-- glen
[I found the source, but how do you extract it from an awstape virtual
9-track tape? -John]