Re: [MacPerl] B. (was re: Distributing reduced MacPerl packagewith Droplet ?)

[John Macdonald <jmacd@mail.interlog.com>]

At 5:00 PM -0600 2/2/98, Mark Manning/Muniz Eng. wrote:
>I find it interesting that the developers would choose the
>name "B" since "B" was the predecessor of "C" when BMDPL
>(if I remember the acronym correctly) was first introduced
>into Canada and America.  :-)
>
>(BMDPL => British Military Departmental Programming
>Language.  Developed near the end of WWII.  Again, if my
>memory serves me well.)

Close.  The language was BCPL.  B had no types, everything was
a "word".  There was some expectation that the successor to C
ought to be named P - that was the next letter in BCPL.

John Macdonald             jmacd@interlog.com



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