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Lattice C (according to its author, Lattice Corporation) was the first C compiler for the IBM PC, in 1982. It was ported to many other platforms, such as mainframes ( MVS), minicomputers ( VMS), workstations ( UNIX), OS/2, the Commodore Amiga and the Sinclair QLThe Sinclair QL QL for Quantum Leap was a personal computer system launched by Sinclair Research in January, 1984. A successor to the ZX Spectrum, the QL was designed with the hobbyist and small business market in mind. The computer used a Motorola 68008.The compiler was subsequently repackaged by MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation , headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, is the world's largest software company (with over 50,000 employees in various countries, as of May 2004). Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of software under a distribution agreement as Microsoft C. In 19871987 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 Nunavut's capital changes it name to Iqaluit from Frobisher Bay. January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 An Amtrak train Lattice was bought by SAS Institute (not, as often alleged, by Microsoft). After a further release of the compiler as SAS C, compiler development then ceased for all platforms except IBM mainframes. The product is still available in versions that run on other platforms, but these are cross compilersCompiling a program takes place by running the compiler on the build platform''. The compiled program will run on the target platform''. Usually these two are the same; if they are different, the process is called cross-compilation . Typically the hardwar that only produce mainframe code.
