| B 1. . 2. A systems language written by in 1970 mostly for his own use under on the . B was later improved by Kerninghan(?) and Ritchie to produce . B was used as the systems language on 's . B was, according to Ken, greatly influenced by , but the name B had nothing to do with BCPL. B was in fact a revision of an earlier language, , named after Ken Thompson's wife, Bonnie. ["The Programming Language B", S.C. Johnson & B.W. Kernighan, CS TR 8, Bell Labs (Jan 1973)]. [Features? Differences from C?] (1997-02-02) 3. A simple interactive programming language by Lambert Meertens and Steven Pemberton. B was the predecessor of . {(ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/languages/B.tar.Z)} ["Draft Proposal for the B Language", Lambert Meertens, CWI, Amsterdam, 1981]. 4. A specification language by Jean-Raymond Abrial of , Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GA. B is related to and supports development of code from specifications. B has been used in major specifications in Europe, and is currently attracting increasing interest in industry. It has robust, commercially available tool support for specification, design, proof and code generation. E-mail: . (1995-04-24) |
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