Scott Wheeler asks...
> Robin, the CPL you keep mentioning - is it the same as the
> (unfinished?) ancestor of BCPL, and are there any books extant on
> it?
CPL, which stood for "Combined Programming Language", or
"Christopher's Programming Language" was indeed the ancestor of BCPL.
The combination alluded to was Oxbridge, and the Christopher was
Strachey. I don't know what info is extant - I knew about it from
having heard Strachey et.al. talk about it, and from Rod Burstall's
experience with the implementation. There may be some stuff around in
Oxford/Cambridge.
Robin.
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