[Info-vax] The (now lost) future of Alpha.

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/2/2018 8:35 AM, John E. Malmberg wrote:
> On 8/2/2018 4:56 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2018-08-02 02:51, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> Well - a compiler can be written in pure C with no system calls at all
>>> beyond the C RTL.
>>>
>>> So no need for any assembler to make system calls.
>>
>> Well, the C RTL needs some assembler in order to make those system 
>> calls... Hiding it in another library does not make it go away...
> 
> Only if you do not implement the needed helper code as built-ins.
> 
> The compiler should be able to generate any code that an assembler can.

The premise was that was not available.

Arne