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BCPL

BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is a procedural, imperative, and structured programming language. Originally intended for writing compilers for other languages, BCPL is no longer in common use. However, its influence is still felt because a stripped down and syntactically changed version of BCPL, called B, was the language on which the C…

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Designed by
Martin Richards
First appeared
1967; 59 years ago (1967)
Paradigm
procedural, imperative, structured
Typing discipline
typeless (everything is a word)

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BCPL

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Avg. degree1.97
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related to Further reading · 21
BCPL → Archived, Arthur Evans, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Colin Whitby-Strevens, ISBN, July, June, MA, Mabee, MAC TR-141, Martin Richards, Memorandum M-352, Proceedings, Project MAC, Robert, Spring Joint Computer Conference, The BCPL Reference Manual, USA, Vol
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related to Design · 9
BCPL → For, Furthermore, It, Java, O-code, Only, Pascal, The, This
related to Hello world · 5
BCPL → Hello, LIBHDR, Richards, Whitby-Strevens, World
Designed by · 1
BCPL → Martin Richards
First appeared · 1
BCPL → 1967; 59 years ago (1967)
Paradigm · 1
BCPL → procedural, imperative, structured
Typing discipline · 1
BCPL → typeless (everything is a word)
is a · 1
BCPL → language in which the original

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BCPLDesigned byMartin Richards1.00infobox
BCPLFirst appeared1967; 59 years ago (1967)1.00infobox
BCPLParadigmprocedural, imperative, structured1.00infobox
BCPLTyping disciplinetypeless (everything is a word)1.00infobox
BCPLis alanguage in which the original0.90text
32-bit or 64-bitinstance ofThis choice later proved to be a significant problem when BCPL was used on machines in which the smallest addressable item was not a word but a byte or on machines with larger w…0.80text
BCPLrelated to DesignFurthermore0.60section
BCPLrelated to DesignIt0.60section
BCPLrelated to DesignO-code0.60section
BCPLrelated to DesignThe0.60section
BCPLrelated to DesignOnly0.60section
BCPLrelated to DesignThis0.60section

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