B was designed for PDP-7 then ported to the PDP-11 and used to create C.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_(programming_language)
On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 5:13 PM David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 4/4/23 02:48, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > ITYM PDP-7. > > Believe that if you want, it doesn't make it reality. > > From the ACM: > > "The C programming language was originally developed by Dennis Ritchie > at Bell Labs in the early 1970s, primarily for use on the PDP-11 > minicomputer. The PDP-11 was a popular computer at the time, and C was > designed to be efficient and easy to use for system programming tasks on > that platform." > > > > > > > > -- > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of > > Pew, Curtis G [curtis....@austin.utexas.edu] > > Sent: Monday, April 3, 2023 2:37 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: Fascinating Interview with Steve Jobs [non-mainframe] - now > > Gary Kildall > > > > On Apr 3, 2023, at 12:03 AM, Tom Brennan > > <t...@tombrennansoftware.com<mailto:t...@tombrennansoftware.com>> wrote: > > > > I actually always liked C, maybe because its original simplicity reminded > > me of Assembler. I mean, what other language can you goof up a length > > value or pointer and overwrite a bunch of other data areas by mistake? Oh > > yeah, Assembler! > > > > Sometime in the distant past I saw C described as “warmed-over PDP-11 > > assembler.” > > > > > > -- > > Curtis Pew > > ITS Campus Solutions > > curtis....@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:curtis....@austin.utexas.edu> > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
