24 Jun
2004
24 Jun
'04
1:37 a.m.
On 24 Jun 2004, at 10:17, Fred Cisin wrote:
There was a predecessor to C, that was mostly theoretical,
and rarely implemented named BCPL. The confusion over whether
the sequence was A B C D v B C P L led to:
Well BCPL was so theoretical that it was used to implement Tripos and
some
multitasking operating system for the Amiga (which was the major reason
that
I purchased my A2000 in preference to a Mac).
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)kerberos.davies.net.au
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