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24-Feb-86 22:53:37
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Fm: Jez San @ Argonaut S/W 72247,3661
To: Bela Lubkin/Sysop 76703,3015
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BCPL = Basic Complete Programming Language..!? (I think!).
BCPL is a totally portable structured language. It is so portable that it
doesn't even have floating point variables, or in fact ANY typing! BCPL has
one method of storage; The BCPL Word. (Those awful pointers that you have to
asr #2 before use!) On a 68020 with barrel shifting, BCPL will really fly!
I'm not defending BCPL at all. In fact, I'd much prefer MetaComco to use
machine code !