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From: ok@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (Richard A. O'Keefe)
Subject: Re: Can Ada by popularized faster ?
Date: 1997/10/31
Date: 1997-10-31T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <63c1h6$l9g$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3451FB80.CA0179F1@montana.campus.mci.net

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Larry Elmore <ljelmore@montana.campus.mci.net> writes:

>As I recall, the kernel was written in BCPL, which was a cousin of C, I
>think (both derived from B?).

Back to front.
CPL begat BCPL which begat B which begat C which begat the Gorgons.

-- 
John �neas Byron O'Keefe; 1921/02/04-1997/09/27; TLG,TLTA,BBTNOTL.
Richard A. O'Keefe; RMIT Comp.Sci; http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/%7Eok




  parent reply	other threads:[~1997-10-31  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-10-16  0:00 Can Ada by popularized faster ? William A Whitaker
1997-10-25  0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-10-25  0:00   ` Larry Elmore
1997-10-30  0:00     ` TConiam
1997-10-31  0:00     ` Richard A. O'Keefe [this message]
1997-10-25  0:00   ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-10-26  0:00   ` John Black
1997-10-27  0:00     ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-10-28  0:00     ` Stanley R. Allen
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1997-10-13  0:00 Peter Hermann
1997-10-13  0:00 ` the_walrus
1997-10-13  0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
1997-10-13  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-10-14  0:00   ` Paul H. Whittington
1997-10-13  0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
1997-10-09  0:00 safetran
1997-10-10  0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-10-10  0:00   ` Kenneth W. Sodemann
1997-10-10  0:00   ` No Spam
1997-10-10  0:00     ` Brian Rogoff
1997-10-16  0:00     ` Tom Moran
1997-10-12  0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1997-10-13  0:00   ` Andrzej Lewandowski
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