From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: alec.muffett@gmail.com (Alec Muffett) Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 12:03:13 +0100 Subject: [TUHS] Non-US Unix Activities In-Reply-To: <1491719651.446512.938862816.7CC04EDA@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <20170405222255.GA4109@minnie.tuhs.org> <20170406200839.GA30805@naleco.com> <20170406230910.GB30625@minnie.tuhs.org> <1491719651.446512.938862816.7CC04EDA@webmail.messagingengine.com> Message-ID: On 9 April 2017 at 07:34, Random832 wrote: > > I've posted a few images at https://dropsafe.crypticide.co > m/article/12714 > > Username "iy7" spattered around the text, was Alan Cox. > > > > I suppose the most notable thing is use of asterisk, where C coders would > > expect backslash? And the lack of types. > > Are those BASIC-style line numbers? > I honestly can't remember; I think it was the Aberystwyth sysadmin (Rob Ash) who write a B prettifier (the cited BTIDY) but I can't remember whether B as a language used/ignored line numbers, or if this was just a prettyprint thing. There are mentions of line numbers in https://www.bell-labs.com/ usr/dmr/www/btut.pdf so perhaps they are a compiler convenience for diagnostics? -a -- http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/aboutalecm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: