System Implementation Languages (was Re: what was VMS/OpenVMS written in?)

[Al Kossow]

On 12/1/10 9:28 AM, Paco Linux wrote:

>> IIRC there was something earlier written in BCPL.
>>

Cambridge University TRIPOS and the Alto operating system are in BCPL

The classic HP 3000 is in SPL

B5000/5500 and others in Extended Algol

UCSD Pascal in itself.

Smalltalk in itself.

The Alto Mesa system in itself

DEC SRC Topaz in Modula-2 Plus

and on and on