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'BCPL/CPL Preprocessor'

MS. Eng. misc. b. 272/C.194

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Title

'BCPL/CPL Preprocessor'

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. misc. b. 272/C.194

Summary

Folder of manuscript notes, narratives and routines, some bearing various dates. Includes:

'BCPL Preprocessor', 3-page manuscript.

'Recognizers for Lexical Analysis', 11-page manuscript.

'Main Outlines of Preprocessor', 3-page manuscript, 21 May 1968.

'Notes on existing BCPL Compiler', 1-page. manuscript, 19 May 1968.

'Note on Numbers and Constants in BCPL Compiler'

One-page manuscript, 20 May 1968.

Notes on streams, 7-page manuscript, 21-22 May 1968.

'Underlined Words', 10-page manuscript.

'BCPL Canonical Symbols', 8-page manuscript.

Notes on character sets.

Three sets of manuscript notes, not titled or dated.

Date

1968

Language

English

Physical extent

1 file

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Collection contents

Papers and correspondence of Christopher Strachey

Working Papers, Notes, and Calculations

Cambridge University Mathematical Laboratory,

CPL

BCPL

'BCPL/CPL Preprocessor'

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