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From: "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have AT nohavenot DOT cmm>
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Subject: Re: Quake/EGA
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:57:36 -0500
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"Rugxulo" <rugxulo AT gmail DOT com> wrote in message
news:16c0e29e-80d5-4ddd-b7c1-4754165f7e4d AT a32g2000yqm DOT googlegroups DOT com...
> On Nov 18, 11:21 pm, "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_h DOT  DOT  DOT  AT nohavenot DOT cmm>
> > >http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=22910
> >
> > You say there:
> >
> > > ... but eventually wrote their own wimpy compiler.
> >
> > Which compiler are you talking about?
> >
> > Are you talking about the Q3VM compiler (aka Q3LCC or QVM compiler
> > etc.)?  This was a version of LCC, from which both LCC-Win32 and Pelles
> > C are also derived.
>
> No, I'm talking about QCC for mods.
>

That's interesting.  I've been looking at interpreters and virtual machines
alot lately.  It seems they developed used two different C compilers for
different Quakes.  It looks like Quake C started out as a C subset and then
morphed into a custom object-oriented game language.


Quake C (qcc) for Q1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_C

LCC derivative (q3lcc) for QVM in Q3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_III_Arena


Rod Pemberton