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> According to Michael Tiemann:

> > I wrote GNU C++ in the fall of 1987, making it the first native-code C++ compiler in the world.

I thought Walter Bright's Zortech C++ compiler held that honour, but apparently [0] that was released 1988.

[0] http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Zortech_C%2B%2B



Tiemann's compiler was in beta, ZTC++ was released as a commercial product.


see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40270758 for more extensive discussion on this point




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