18 May
2020
18 May
'20
6:04 p.m.
Paul Winalski <paul.winalski(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Regarding a "mem" type, take a look at BLISS. The only data type that
language has is the machine word.
BCPL and B were also word-based languages. The PDP-7 was a word-addressed
machine. If I understand the history correctly, the move to NB then C was
partly to make better use of the byte-addressed PDP11.
Tony.
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