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From: Lars Brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org>
To: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
Cc: Sebastien F4GRX <f4grx@f4grx.net>, tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Software written in B
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2023 16:21:59 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7wttvj5jko.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2O5gs=QoLrntZg6HRRE+QCK8iehkyP0mm0x-it92V=s4w@mail.gmail.com> (Clem Cole's message of "Wed, 7 Jun 2023 11:57:30 -0400")

Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> writes:
> Interestingly, I also have no memory of a B implementation for the PDP-10,
> which like GE/Honeywell systems, was 36-bit, word addressed.

PDP-10 had BCPL (two!) which was somewhat popular, so maybe it did't
need a pared-down version.  Same goes for TX-2 if you want to talk
36-bit (who doesn't).

> I used BLISS and SAIL on those, if not the assembler.

SAIL begat Mainsail, wich in theory could still be around today...
for Unix, he said on-topicly!

  reply	other threads:[~2023-06-07 16:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-07 10:14 [TUHS] " Sebastien F4GRX
2023-06-07 10:38 ` [TUHS] " Lars Brinkhoff
2023-06-07 15:05 ` Angelo Papenhoff
2023-06-07 15:57 ` Clem Cole
2023-06-07 16:21   ` Lars Brinkhoff [this message]
2023-06-07 17:26 ` Bakul Shah
2023-06-07 18:16 ` Phil Budne
2023-06-07 23:49 ` Andrew Hume
2023-06-08  2:10   ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-06-08  3:31     ` Phil Budne
2023-06-08 15:05       ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-06-14 11:51         ` Angelo Papenhoff
2023-06-14 20:03           ` Angelo Papenhoff
2023-06-14 21:53             ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-06-14 22:05               ` Angelo Papenhoff
2023-06-15  8:00             ` Sebastien F4GRX
2023-06-15  8:21               ` Angelo Papenhoff
2023-06-15  8:33                 ` Sebastien F4GRX
2023-06-17  8:19             ` Angelo Papenhoff
2023-06-19  9:52               ` Sebastien F4GRX
2023-06-19 10:18                 ` Sebastien F4GRX
2023-06-19 10:48                   ` Lars Brinkhoff
2023-06-19 10:55                     ` G. Branden Robinson
2023-06-19 11:07                       ` Sebastien F4GRX
2023-06-19 18:44                         ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-06-23 10:59               ` Angelo Papenhoff
2023-06-23 13:32                 ` Sebastien F4GRX
2023-06-23 14:01                   ` Angelo Papenhoff
2023-06-23 14:14                     ` Sebastien F4GRX
2023-06-23 14:39                       ` Angelo Papenhoff
2023-06-23 14:10                 ` Sebastien F4GRX
2023-06-23 14:49                   ` Angelo Papenhoff
2023-06-23 15:31                     ` Sebastien F4GRX
2023-06-23 15:36                       ` Angelo Papenhoff
2023-06-23 15:53                         ` Sebastien F4GRX
2023-06-08 14:41   ` arnold
2023-06-09  8:56 ` Sebastien F4GRX
2023-06-09  9:57   ` Lars Brinkhoff

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