28 Jun
2016
28 Jun
'16
3:20 a.m.
Ronald Natalie scripsit:
Sure, it was a long time ago, but I’ll tell you what I
remember.
The one thing I do remember is that the SV /bin/sh was written in
these horrendous macros that sort of made it look like algol or
something.
I've always wondered what would have happened if Algol 68 (brought back
from England by Bourne) had out-competed C at Bell Labs, and had become
the dominant programming language of Unix. Probably the commercial
world would have standardized on Pascal, something that almost happened
(the x86 chip is optimized for Pascal in several ways).
--
John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan(a)ccil.org
"But I am the real Strider, fortunately," he said, looking down at them
with his face softened by a sudden smile. "I am Aragorn son of Arathorn,
and if by life or death I can save you, I will."