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From: papa@bacall.UUCP (Marco Papa)
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Subject: Re: Some remarks to AmigaDos.
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Date: Sun, 26-Oct-86 16:32:58 EST
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Phil Staub writes:

> 
> 1. Why was so much of AmigaDOS written in BCPL?

I guess most of AmigaDos was written in England where BCPL originated.

> 
> 2. How does one go about programming in BCPL on the Amiga.
> If it is with some stuff the developers got, but we ordinary users don't
> have access to, is there any plan to make a BCPL programming package
> available to the general user?

No, "official" developers like me did not receive ANY BCPL programming
package.  MetaCompco, the company that did Alink, the Assembler and probably
AmigaDOS, has listed among its offerings a BCPL compiler, but instead of
the price listed has something like TBA (to be announced?).  I don't have their
tel. no. handy, but I can find it if needed.

> 
> 3. Where do you find some reference material on BCPL, since it's not one of
> the current "in" languages?
> 

There are a couple of books from England that describe BCPL. Look in a 
University Computer Science Library.
You might also want to look for references to the
'B' language which originated from BCPL, and then later was the basis for the
'C' programming language.

Marco Papa
Felsina Software