a style question

[Tim Bomgardner]

In article <MMD65CB at xds13.ferranti.com> peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
}In article <EYC66N8 at xds13.ferranti.com> peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
}> Talking of contrary to observed fact: the PDP-8 had no part in the
}> development of the C programming language. Perhaps you're thinking
}> of the PDP-11.
}
}In article <MEISSNER.90Oct12120812 at osf.osf.org> meissner at osf.org (Michael Meissner) writes:
}> Or if you know your UNIX pre-history, the PDP-7.
}
}Hold on, wasn't the PDP-7 version entirely assembly?
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All you have to do is read page 1 of K&R 2nd ed. (page 2 in 1st ed.):
"The influence of BCPL on C proceeded indirectly through the language
B, which was written by Ken Thompson in 1970 for the first UNIX system on
the DEC PDP-7."  And in the preface, "C was originally designed for and
implemented on the UNIX operating system on the DEC PDP-11..."