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Article #4882Re: references wanted to CPL programming language
From: John Fitch
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1987 11:55
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1987 11:55
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I know it is usual for Oxford University to claim all knowledge, but CPL was originally Cambridge,David Baron was indeed the first author of the paper, but the others include Stachey and Hartley at least. The C was originally for Cambridge, but it got changed with the London involvement. There was a compiler for the Cambridge Titan, and as a student we were issued the CPL manual (which I still have). Half was through the year the compiler was archived (ie kept on tape only). One of my regrets is that I never used it, but Robin Fairbairns (now of Laser Scan in Cambridge I think) must of been the last user, with a seive program. That was in 1968. The compiler was slow, rumoured to be 17 pass, but others can correct me on this. ==John Fitch
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!enea!ttds!draken!jpff From: jpff@draken.nada.kth.se (John Fitch) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: references wanted to CPL programming language Message-ID: <189@draken.nada.kth.se> Date: Mon, 21-Sep-87 07:55:21 EDT Article-I.D.: draken.189 Posted: Mon Sep 21 07:55:21 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Sep-87 10:24:12 EDT References: <1621@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <2322@aw.sei.cmu.edu> Reply-To: jpff@nada.kth.se (John Fitch) Organization: The Royal Inst. of Techn., Stockholm Lines: 11