Hi Noel, Thank you for correcting me. I was quite sleepy when I first read the original email and missed the point that MCPL came later. I have just finished reading " The Development of the C Language" and I must say that it was very interesting reading. I'm waiting on the Revised R&R C book to arrive so I can begin my journey through C and especially how it relates to Motorola's 68HC11 microcontrollers. I viewed Dennis Ritchie's home page and read where he passed away. I of course never knew, but I know he will be missed greatly by many people I would imagine. I learned C++ first, so backing up and learning C should be interesting. No doubt I will miss a few C++ features. :) Thanks again. Take care my friend.
Kip Koon computer...@sc.rr.com http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel Chiappa > Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 9:15 AM > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu > Subject: Re: Classic programming > > > From: Kip Koon > > > I have often wondered what the inspiration for the C Language was. BCPL > > -> MCPL -> B -> c, quite an interesting list of languages. > > I don't think MCPL is in there; B was directly inspired by BCPL. See Dennis M. Ritchie, "The Development of the C Language": > > http://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/chist.html > > I got the impression from the previous discussion that MCPL was a later branch. > > Noel
