21 Jun
2026
21 Jun
'26
11:46 a.m.
On 06/21/2026 3:12 AM CDT Gordon Henderson via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I did see a mention in later comments of my favourite "dead" language;
BCPL but it fails the definitions. (I may be biased though!)
When I arrived at Rice University in 1973, they still had their
Burroughs 5500 and were doing research with BCPL. I was simply
too late to participate in it (the 5500 was retired after my
first year). But if you find some 70-something-year-old Rice
graduates you'll still find fondness for the language.
mcl