[9fans] cc

[mickey]

re
i've decided to take a look at the plan9's cc as i was told
it has a reasonable bsd-compatible license so maybe we can
use it for smth here. however the problem seems to be that
i cannot download just the compiler anywhere (or am i just
too stupid? ;) and dowloading the system seems to be restricted
under crypto export control and i am actually not in usa.
can smb hint me onto what's a proper way to get the cc srcs
or point me to some rtfm plz?
10x
cu

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paranoic mickey (my employers have changed but, the name has remained)

[Russ Cox]

> i've decided to take a look at the plan9's cc as i was told
> it has a reasonable bsd-compatible license so maybe we can
> use it for smth here. however the problem seems to be that
> i cannot download just the compiler anywhere (or am i just
> too stupid? ;) and dowloading the system seems to be restricted
> under crypto export control and i am actually not in usa.
> can smb hint me onto what's a proper way to get the cc srcs
> or point me to some rtfm plz?
> 10x
> cu

The version of the compiler that is under BSD license (or some such)
is the one distributed with Inferno. Download
http://www.vitanuova.com/dist/4e/20050720/utils.tgz
and extract it. Then extract the numbered.gz file
you just got using http://morphisms.net/~wkj/Software/9e/9e.c
gunzip < numbered.gz | 9e

You should be able to download the Plan 9 CD (same compiler
source, different license) just fine. Go to
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/ureg.html,
check the two boxes, submit, and then download
the Install CD, which has a complete system on it.
There are mirrors that don't have the silly form:
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Download/index.html

Russ