[TUHS] b remnants?

[Gregg Levine]

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Derrik Walker <lorddoomicus at mac.com> wrote:
> Many, many eons ago, in the early '90's, there was an implementation of B
> for Linux ( I believe it was written in C, ironically enough ).  I think it
> was part of a bigger collection of "ancient" software for Linux that use to
> be around in the early Slackware days.
>
> Alas, I have searched for it in the recent past, as I was thinking about
> porting it to OS X for kicks, but it seems to have vanished.
>
> Having an B, implemented in a modern language for a modern OS would be cool.
>
> - Derrik
>
> On Oct 14, 2011, at 10:52 AM, "A. P. Garcia" <a.phillip.garcia at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In memoriam, I read The Development of the C Language:
> http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/chist.html
>
> It talks a bit about how B was originally implemented somewhat like
> ETH Pascal (p-code). Are there any B interpreters or programs in the
> archive?
>
>
> Thank you,
> A. P. Garcia
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Hello!
How early a time period for the Slackware Linux group? (Which is what
I run.) There's a repository of older distributions on the Ibib site,
and a more comprehensive one situated on a mirror in the UK.

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