28 Feb
2015
28 Feb
'15
1:40 a.m.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of ANDY
HOLT
Sent: 28 February 2015 07:38
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Rich kids are into COBOL
And of course the 1967 BCPL manual for BCPL is on Dennis Ritchie's "in
memoriam" home page...
http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/index.html
which in many ways explains why BCPL was such an influence on K&R when they invented
"B" and "C". I hadn't realized that Martin had worked at MIT or
that BCPL was used there. I had assumed it was an "obscure" Cambridge thing.
Apparently not...
Dave Wade
Still looking for any remnants of a "B" compiler ....
(about B and C)
Its history is deeper than that. Its part of a
family of bracketed languages
that started with BCPL which became "B" and
then "C".
BCPL was written for the IBM7090.
I think you are mistaken about this - BCPL was an implementation language
for CPL mainly on the Atlas computers.
It was originated by Martin Richards - who is still a supporter ? see
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mr10/