What programming languages and compilers are supported by Minix?
The Minix operating system itself and the various utilities and programs that are part of the Minix distribution are written in C, and the distribution includes a C compiler. In fact, Minix also provides compilers for Pascal and Modula2; the compilers were constructed using the Amsterdam Compiler Kit, known as ACK[B. A “front end” for each language produces intermediate code which is compiled to assembly language by the rest of the compiler system. See the cc(1), pc(1), m2(1) and the ACK(7) man pages for more information. The ACK license is similar to the Minix license. For more information about ACK see the Amsterdam Compiler Kit Information Sheet which includes a link to the ftp site for download of the compiler source code. The complete ACK is portable to many systems. If you just want to use it on Minix, source code for the Minix 32-bit version of ACK is available at Michael Kennet’s website. There are other programming options in Minix: • Other C compilers: • C386 is an alternativ
