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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>BCPL</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="BBS.html" title="BBS"/><link rel="next" href="BDFL.html" title="BDFL"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">BCPL</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="BBS.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BDFL.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="BCPL"/><dt xmlns="" id="BCPL"><b>BCPL</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">//</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [abbreviation, “<span class="quote">Basic Combined Programming Language</span>”) A
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programming language developed by Martin Richards in Cambridge in 1967. It
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is remarkable for its rich syntax, small size of compiler (it can be run in
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16k) and extreme portability. It reached break-even point at a very early
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stage, and was the language in which the original <a href="../H/hello-world.html"><i class="glossterm">hello
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world</i></a> program was written. It has been ported to so many
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different systems that its creator confesses to having lost count. It has
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only one data type (a machine word) which can be used as an integer, a
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character, a floating point number, a pointer, or almost anything else,
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depending on context. BCPL was a precursor of C, which inherited some of
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its features.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="BBS.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BDFL.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">BBS </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> BDFL</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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