From: "Hal E. Fulton" Date: 2002-09-03T02:46:40+09:00 Subject: Re: A Repeat: New Language After Ruby? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Sugalski" To: "ruby-talk ML" Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 12:26 PM Subject: Re: A Repeat: New Language After Ruby? > At 2:20 AM +0900 9/3/02, Charles Hixson wrote: > >(reasonable, there was a macro assembler created for the 6800 that included > >most of the features of C). > > Another Urban Legend strikes! :) > > C is older than the 6800, by rather a lot. (C predates > microprocessors in general, IIRC, unless you consider the original > intel 4004 a microprocessor) Hmm. He didn't say that C was derived from it, only that it had most of C's functionality. In fact, I think he could be saying that the macro assembler mimicked C. > C's generally considered a PDP-11 assembly, but K&R have denied that. I still feel that there were influences there. I've used PDP-11 assembly, and actually liked it. :) Do they totally deny any influences? > --------------------------------------"it's like this"------------------- > Dan Sugalski even samurai > dan@sidhe.org have teddy bears and even > teddy bears get drunk I've always wondered what this tag means and/or where it originates. Care to elaborate? On- or offline. Cheers, Hal