From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: cowan@mercury.ccil.org (John Cowan) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:08:28 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] b remnants? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20111014200827.GB3033@mercury.ccil.org> Derrik Walker scripsit: > Many, many eons ago, in the early '90's, there was an implementation > of B for Linux ( I believe it was written in C, ironically enough ). > I think it was part of a bigger collection of "ancient" software for > Linux that use to be around in the early Slackware days. The Retrocomputing Museum at http://www.catb.org/retro/ has what purports to be a B-to-C translator at http://www.catb.org/retro/ , but looking at it, it appears to be about BCPL rather than B proper. In any case, it has missing files and won't build. -- John Cowan http://ccil.org/~cowan cowan at ccil.org Lope de Vega: "It wonders me I can speak at all. Some caitiff rogue did rudely yerk me on the knob, wherefrom my wits yet wander." An Englishman: "Ay, belike a filchman to the nab'll leave you crank for a spell." --Harry Turtledove, Ruled Britannia