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When I first entered college in 1988 there was a small DOS compiler floating around called C-- back then, which I got from some BBS (yes, a BBS, how antiquated!), probably in 1989. It was a mix of a subset of C and proto-assembly. I have looked for it a few times over the years, and this one isn't it, although it has some similar ideas. It makes me wonder how many other little-known C-- projects there are.

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It was Sphinx C-- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/tbone/c--/

YES! That's the one I was thinking about too. I remember making some simple games in this as a kid and I learned a lot of assembly using this at the time also because, if I recall, you actually referenced registers and such right in with your other code - or something strange like that.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Wow - I used this one too (vividly remember the "fire" effect demo) and have looked for it a few times to no avail. Nice find :-)

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