The C Change
Command Line Heroes
B's a Derivative of C P L, Which Isnt Attempted to Foretrend.
b came with a lot of baggage. It didn't know datatypes for starters. And besides, its assembly language counterparts were still yielding programs faster than was possible using the b compiler's threaded code technique. So clearly, b wasn't going to hack it. But words were great on the i b m, seven o, four and seven o nine, 17 90 and 17 94,. which were word oriented machines. Luckily, at this point in time, bell labs came back on board. They funded a 65 thousand dollar p d p 11. That machine was not word oriented. that machine was white oriented. Now, armed the p t p 11, denis riche could step in
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