Does anyone know where I can obtain MetaComCo BCPL?

[Coxy]

I'm late to this conversation, but I'm tinkering with BCPL. I've hit two snags. With the compiler running on SMSQmulator, the compiler window will disappear as soon as compilation has completed. If it completes with an error, you can't see what the error is. I don't see any options to pause the compiler to display the results of compilation. Since this the root of the issue is the PE, I switched over the sQLux to run BCPL. I'm now hitting an issue of when any BCPL program finished (like the compiler), sQLux just hangs.

Has any one else hit these issues and if so, have anyone found a workaround?

Tim

BCPL compiler has five prompts, 1) input source, 2) output binary, 3) verification file 4) Options, and 5) Alter Window. Compiler messages, including errors, go to verification file, if no file specified output goes to window. As window disappears always define a verification file.

Output binary left blank then only verification takes place.

Example compile of CLOCK from manual,

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Source file? mdv2_clock_bcpl
(Press ENTER for defaults)
Binary file? mdv2_clock_bin
Verification file? mdv2_clock_ver
Options? <ENTER>
Alter window [Y/N]? <ENTER>

mdv2_clock_ver contains

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QL BCPL Compiler
Section clock
Syntax Analyser
18% workspace used
Code Generator
19% workspace used

Bit late but hope this helps.

[Derek_Stewart]

Hi,

Here is my cleaned version of the Metacomco BCPL manual:

BCPLv02.pdf

Metacomco BCPL Manual

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