Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: your mail | Date | Tue, 9 Sep 1997 22:31:20 +0100 (BST) |
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> > B was allegedly abstracted from bits of BCPL (cut down BCPL=B) which > > did have a few minor things in common with pascal notable := for > > assignment. The curious can find a free BCPL kit on > > http://locke.ccil.org/~esr > > Not bullshit at all. You just __CONFIRMED__ exactly what I stated! > > I made a 'B' compiler when working for General Electric. It was > written in FORTRAN and ran on a PDP-8. It was actually a cross-
And B looks nothing like PASCAL. BCPL did maybe , but you said B
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