Re: Linux-asm (was A patch for linux 2.1.127)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 04:16:42 +0000 (GMT)


> Quoting Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu):
>
> > putchar(0[hw]);
> > hw=+1;
>
> Is this just me or does this sound a tiny, little
> bit like rpn? Or Australia. Just praise the

The thing about B being typless is

x[y] and y[x] are the sme

also this is legal

auto x[20];
x-=10;

/* Array -10 to +9 */

and later reuse the variable fr loops

for(x=0;x<100;x++)

Finally there is this

suprise()
{
printf=scanf
}

and yes it changed all the calls (on the L66 anyway)

> lords that nobody considered to use BCPL instead.

B is a simplified language based on BCPL (based on CPL).
For a long time the question of successor to C was would it
be 'D' or 'P'. We are still waiting to find out

The sort of survivor of B in its original form, tho its now mutated
a lot - is AWK

Alan

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