[TUHS] v7 K&R C

[Tony Finch]

Paul Winalski <paul.winalski at 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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