>>9The distinction between an implementation and language is lost on you?
A C compiler could be non-portable, but C as language will be portable.
Imagine Intel C/C++ compiler. Its obviously x86-Specific.
It has tons of optimizations and will compile only to x86 code.
ARM platform has its own C compilers(gcc among them).
Brian's early compiler=>Intel C/C++ today with PDP=x86
PCC=>GCC today
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