[FIXED] What is ossiz in this old C compiler?

Issue

I was looking at one of the first compilers of c, written by dmr himself. It was written in the early 1970's, so obviously the syntax is very different. In this file, what does ossiz mean?

ossiz 250;

By the way, is there any helpful article or manual on this sort of thing (older c syntax)?

Solution

Just like in B, it's a global variable definition with initialization. In modern C it would be:

int ossiz = 250;

Also: https://github.com/mortdeus/legacy-cc/blob/2b4aaa34d3229616c65114bb1c9d6efdc2a6898e/last1120c/c10.c#L462

Answered By - KamilCuk

Answer Checked By - Pedro (PHPFixing Volunteer)