From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gregg.drwho8@gmail.com (Gregg Levine) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:53:53 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] b remnants? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Derrik Walker wrote: > 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. > > Alas, I have searched for it in the recent past, as I was thinking about > porting it to OS X for kicks, but it seems to have vanished. > > Having an B, implemented in a modern language for a modern OS would be cool. > > - Derrik > > On Oct 14, 2011, at 10:52 AM, "A. P. Garcia" > wrote: > > Hi, > > In memoriam, I read The Development of the C Language: > http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/chist.html > > It talks a bit about how B was originally implemented somewhat like > ETH Pascal (p-code). Are there any B interpreters or programs in the > archive? > > > Thank you, > A. P. Garcia > _______________________________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs > > _______________________________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs > > Hello! How early a time period for the Slackware Linux group? (Which is what I run.) There's a repository of older distributions on the Ibib site, and a more comprehensive one situated on a mirror in the UK. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."