Amazing, from a single letter to history lesson in only 6 posts. And someone forgot A to Z (uppercase).
-----Original Message----- McKown, John Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] a > -----Original Message----- Gerhard Postpischil > > I'm not totally sure about this, but I think that Ed's > reply of "b" may be > > off topic. :-) > > I also suspect this is a good thread for Friday grins and > not much else. > > Bill Fairchild > > Plainfield, IL > > Considering that c is now available on the mainframe, perhaps Ed's > response was on topic, and an unusually terse way of stimulating > discussion about its precursor? > > Gerhard Postpischil > Bradford, VT > The precursor to the C language is said by many to be BCPL (whose precursor was CPL). There is also a B language derived from BCPL. Which begs the question as to whether the next language is D or P. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCPL -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
