[TUHS] Software written in B

Angelo Papenhoff aap at papnet.eu
Thu Jun 15 18:21:09 AEST 2023


On 15/06/23, Sebastien F4GRX wrote:
> I see that su.b contains non-ascii characters ($11,$12,$13,$14) which 
> tripped my linux console when I attempted a copy paste, since $13 is 
> XOFF :) Is there a way to escape these characters? Or update them, since 
> it looks like a password provided on command line.

The last1120 C compiler does not have an escape mechanism for strings,
so it's highly unlikely the B compiler had it.

> May I have your authorization for copying these files into my own b 
> compiler repository ( https://git.sr.ht/~f4grx/bpars )? What licence and 
> attribution info shall I indicate?

Sure, sure. I reversed goto.b today and am currently working on if.b. So
just keep an eye on the files.

best,
Angelo


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