29 May
2020
29 May
'20
3:35 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Bill Gunshannon
via cctalk
Sent: 29 May 2020 23:09
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC
On 5/29/20 5:24 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote:
>
> At the risk of fanning the language fire, C seems to be a smaller step
> up from native machine language than most other languages. It's like
> 80% of the portability with 20% of the effort of writing directly in ASM.
>
Well I remember when first being introduced to "B" on the Honeywell L66 under
GCOS thinking that it allowed programmers to shoot themselves in the foot in the same ways
as they could with assembler, but much more rapidly.
"B" was near assembler than "C" only having the "Machine
Word" as a type.
I also remember finding that a pile of backup tapes were useless because some one had
mixed up a pointer and value......
PL/M?
bill
Dave