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From: kim@amdahl.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn)
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Subject: Re: Some remarks to AmigaDos (really BCPL)
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Date: Mon, 27-Oct-86 16:32:07 EST
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In article <8610270411.AA05734@cory.Berkeley.EDU>, dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
>>(Sorry to pick on you for an example, Matt, but you seem to be doing a lot
>>of posting of articles pertaining to BCPL, so I snagged one of your articles
>>to cite)
> 
>      Only because I'm going slowly mad trying to figure it out too.  The
>way I see it, the BCPL stuff is a total hack and hopefully will eventually
>be phased out completely.
> 
>      Apart from the endless hours I've spent trying to get it to work
>with various things, I have no experience with BCPL.  I do not intend get
>a compiler for it or to learn it.


Something I find rather curious is that in Metacomco's product literature,
they indicate they currently have a BCPL compiler for the Atari ST's;  the
BCPL compiler for the Amiga will be available "soon".

What's curious about this is that Metacomco wrote AmigaDOS (nee Tripos) in
BCPL, yet their compiler isn't available for the Amiga, but is available
for the ST ... hmmmm.

Seems pretty bass-ackwards to me ... anyone know why (Matt?)

Also (to reiterate Matt's question of a couple of weeks ago), how come CBM
is so closed-mouthed about anything to do with BCPL, when they are so very
helpful with everything else?

/kim


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