From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: toby@telegraphics.com.au (Toby Thain) Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 12:57:34 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] Non-US Unix Activities In-Reply-To: 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 2017-04-09 7:03 AM, Alec Muffett wrote: > > On 9 April 2017 at 07:34, Random832 > wrote: > > > I've posted a few images at https://dropsafe.crypticide.com/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. Looks like something added in printing and not in the source. Mercifully, B doesn't use line numbers. --T > > 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 >