On 9 April 2017 at 07:34, Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> wrote:
> I've posted a few images at https://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/12714
> 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?

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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