12 Sep
2017
12 Sep
'17
9:24 p.m.
BTW: Check out: ybc: a compiler for B <https://github.com/Leushenko/ybc>
On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
Poke around the Honeywell archives. I believe that
there was at least one
implementation of QED and a runoff flavor that I saw. As I believe Steve
Johnson has mentioned,iIt was popular at Waterloo at one point - so check
with the Waterloo folks. In fact, I had thought that Mike Malcom used it
for Thoth, QNX's predecessor.
On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Robert Swierczek <rmswierczek(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Does anyone know of the existence of source code
written in B (C's
predecessor?)
I have encountered a few snippets here and there, but nothing
substantial. The only "real" program that I know of is AberMUD-1. It
looks like there exists a physical print-out of it:
https://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/12714
Could it be that this is the only artifact left of this most important
"missing link" of C and Unix History? How can this (and any other B
source) be gathered and preserved?