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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 00:41:28 -0800
From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: Andrew Lankford <arlankfo@141.com>
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Subject: Re: An interesting man page from version 3 unix.
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Andrew Lankford wrote:
> Came upon this find while rummaging through v3man.tar.gz from www.tuhs.org.
> 
> I wonder why it's referred to as an "interpreter"....

[ ... all about B ... ]

See also: BCPL and Bliss.

-- Terry

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