scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
Those clever people _were_ cranking out suitable systems languages by
the bucketful. (...), HP-3000 SPL (Systems Programming Language - I
used SPL in the late 70s)
I?m interested to hear how SPL compared to C and Pascal from your
perspective. I?ve never talked to anyone who had the chance to use it. Glancing at <
http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/hp/3000/spl/30000-90025_System_Programming_Language_Textbook_197709.pdf#page=124>
it looks pretty similar to them???a bit longer-winded and SHOUTIER than
C, a bit more practical than Pascal, but showing a very strong family resemblance to both.
One difference that leaps out at me is that, as with VAR parameters in
Pascal or references in C++, dereferencing pointers apparently happens implicitly???it?s only when you want to reseat the pointer that you need
to use the @ operator. But possibly I?m guessing wrong, since I haven?t actually read the textbook.
Kragen
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