9 Apr
2017
9 Apr
'17
5:03 p.m.
On 9 April 2017 at 07:34, Random832 <random832(a)fastmail.com> wrote:
I honestly can't remember; I think it was the Aberystwyth sysadmin (Rob
Ash) who write a B prettifier (the cited BTIDY) but I can't remember
whether B as a language used/ignored line numbers, or if this was just a
prettyprint thing.
There are mentions of line numbers in https://www.bell-labs.com/
usr/dmr/www/btut.pdf so perhaps they are a compiler convenience for
diagnostics?
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Username "iy7" spattered around the
text, was Alan Cox.
I suppose the most notable thing is use of asterisk, where C coders would
expect backslash? And the lack of types.
Are those BASIC-style line numbers?