aka_pugs, 2 months ago The BCPL Reference that spawned 'B', which lead to 'C'. Note the scribbled distribution list. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eJL-e7oby6TKfRdgpGQ7ufVUSk9P4bIO/view?usp=sharing #ComputerHistory #CLang
The BCPL Reference that spawned 'B', which lead to 'C'. Note the scribbled distribution list. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eJL-e7oby6TKfRdgpGQ7ufVUSk9P4bIO/view?usp=sharing #ComputerHistory #CLang
adrianco, 2 months ago @aka_pugs I wrote quite a lot of code in BCPL when a few of us were working (in our spare time) on a port of the Cambridge University Tripos operating system to a 68010 based machine called the Image 10, back in the 1980’s.
@aka_pugs I wrote quite a lot of code in BCPL when a few of us were working (in our spare time) on a port of the Cambridge University Tripos operating system to a 68010 based machine called the Image 10, back in the 1980’s.
robpike, 2 months ago @adrianco @aka_pugs The implementation of BCPL is a self-hosted marvel. I believe this is close to the version Martin Richards used in his show and tells: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mr10/BCPL23-4-04.html
@adrianco @aka_pugs The implementation of BCPL is a self-hosted marvel. I believe this is close to the version Martin Richards used in his show and tells: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mr10/BCPL23-4-04.html
20002ist, 2 months ago @aka_pugs I was hoping “Morris” was Robert H. Morris Sr., but it seems not.
@aka_pugs I was hoping “Morris” was Robert H. Morris Sr., but it seems not.
SteveBellovin, 2 months ago @20002ist @aka_pugs I suspect that it was him.
@20002ist @aka_pugs I suspect that it was him.
penguin42, 2 months ago @aka_pugs Oh, that's the first time I'd heard of CPL.
@aka_pugs Oh, that's the first time I'd heard of CPL.
SteveBellovin, 2 months ago @penguin42 @aka_pugs Same here!
@penguin42 @aka_pugs Same here!
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