From: Henry Bent <henry.r.bent@gmail.com>
To: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] 8bc -- a B compiler for the PDP-8
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:01:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEdTPBfuvdNn3SBnsBsnFGc=Aq_Vt=Pn4v80N34hQRe+k1=5hw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2NMVwL-tkSTAUq0TTZtE+FG+KiCKEe-WD_b+HcmRHs9MQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 at 13:27, Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:
> below...
>
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 7:08 PM Robert Clausecker <fuz@fuz.su> wrote:
>
>> It's a bit rough around
>> the edges and the runtime code needs some work (division and
>> remainder are missing), but it does compile B code correctly,
>> generating acceptable code (for my taste, though the function call
>> sequence could be better).
>>
> A suggestion, Load TSS/8 on to your simh system with its Algol compiler
> and look at how it generated code. I would suspect you can use Algol's
> calling conventions and probably some of its runtime. Google is your
> friend. I had it running a while back, but do not have it active at the
> moment - the key is all the pieces should be findable in the wild,.
>
>
>>
>> I hope some of you enjoy this compiler for an important historical
>> language for an important historical computer (makes me wonder why
>> the two weren't married before).
>>
> Might have been, although when Ken created B for the PDP-7, BCPL was his
> model and there were already implementations of BCPL around for a number of
> processors. I would not be surprised if there was a BCPL/8. I would check
> in the DECUS library, much of which I think can be found online these days
> ??bit savers??.
>
I checked here: http://so-much-stuff.com/pdp8/software/decus.php but did
not immediately see anything BCPL related. 8-330 is TSS/8 ALGOL.
-Henry
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2019-09-20 22:53 Robert Clausecker
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