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1.1       root        1: bsmall - the small B interpreter.
                      2: 
                      3: This directory contains the sources of a version of the B interpreter
                      4: that may run on a PDP-11 with separate I and D space.  It is not very
                      5: useful, since creating a table or list of a few hundred elements already
                      6: overflows the system's memory.  Also we don't support this version.
                      7: In fact, it is an old version of the full system. It uses a straigth linear
                      8: representation for texts, lists and tables, and finite length arithmetic
                      9: for the numerics.
                     10: 
                     11: This version supports the "BTOP" mode of the editor, and with many features
                     12: turned off, the editor will also fit on a PDP-11, so for demonstration 
                     13: purposes the system looks the same as the big system (except for speed).
                     14: However, this was a quick add-on, and not thoroughly tested.

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