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Subject: Re: History lesson
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Date: Fri, 20-Nov-87 13:57:42 EST
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Interesting story on the oregano jar. I was reading some other postings that
gave the same story line in the wizards group. I haven't heard of anyone
who knows what the castle in the background means. Maybe I should call up
Unitech to see if they know... As far as the "B" jar goes, B if I recall
correctly was the language that preceded C. It is essentially a strpped
down version of a language called BCPL. I attended a lecture on C given
by Mr. Kernighan at City College and this lecture gave a brief history of
where C came from. It helped clarify certain questions of mine as far as
why C is implemented the way it is as far as certain data structures are
concerned ( I don't happen to like the various quirks of C partly because
I'm basically a Pascal person myself). Hope that answers your question.
And thanks for answering mine.