frank@zen.UUCP (Frank Wales) (01/10/89)
"The Hacker's Dictionary" by Guy L. Steele et al. mentions a somewhat unorthodox language called 'Intercal'. I'd like to find out more about this, because I'm feeling weird today. Ideally, I'd like a bibliography, if one exists, or any relevant documents you may have to your electronic hand. If you do have such info in e-mailable form, please ask me first before sending 478 jillion bytes of goodies, just in case. Thanks for any help you can offer. -- Frank Wales, Systems Manager, [frank@zen.co.uk<->mcvax!zen.co.uk!frank] Zengrange Ltd., Greenfield Rd., Leeds, ENGLAND, LS9 8DB. (+44) 532 489048 x217
david@daisy.UUCP (David Schachter) (01/12/89)
A "language" called "Intercal" was written, as a joke, at Princeton University in the mid-70's. I have a manual for it at home. (Possibly, only the manual was written, not the language it describes.) With a lot of prodding, I could be dragooned into xerographing a copy and sending it to you. (This involves hunting through some musty old boxes of college papers.) Or you can see if the Princeton University Computer Center still has the manual on-line (well, accessible as a batch job from the IBM Operating System. Probably not directly accessible from the CMS timesharing system.) The number for the PUCC Computer Clinic used to be: (609) 452-6028 or -6029 However, that was eight years ago. You can contact the University switchboard at (609 452-3000. Hope this helps. By the way, I believe one of the authors of the language went on to be a prime mover of Amdahl's UTS stuff, or maybe one of his brothers. They left quite a trail at Princeton. Of course, I could be completely wrong. -- David Schachter #include <disclaimer.h> #include <allegedly_humorous_comment.h>