B -
1. Thompson, 1970. A systems language written for Unix on the PDP-11.
Derived from BCPL, and very similar to it except for syntax. B was the
predecessor of C. Used as the systems language on Honeywells GCOS-3.
"The Programming Language B", S.C. Johnson & B.W. Kernighan, CS TR 8, Bell
Labs (Jan 1973).
2. L. Meertens & S. Pemberton. Simple interactive programming language,
the predecessor of ABC[1]. "Draft Proposal for the B Language", Lambert
Meertens, CWI, Amsterdam, 1981.
ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/languages/B.tar.Z
3. Jean-Raymond Abrial. Specification language similar to Z, but also
supports development of C code from specifications. B Core UK, Magdalen
Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GA.
info: Ib.Sorensen@comlab.ox.ac.uk
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