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1.1     ! root        1: .th BC VI 6/12/72
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: bc \*- B interpreter
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .bd bc
        !             6: [
        !             7: .bd -c
        !             8: ]
        !             9: files ...
        !            10: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !            11: .it Bc
        !            12: is the UNIX B interpreter.
        !            13: It accepts three types of arguments:
        !            14: .s3
        !            15: Arguments whose names end with
        !            16: .bd .b
        !            17: are assumed to be
        !            18: B source programs; they are compiled, and
        !            19: the object program is left on the file
        !            20: the file whose name is that of the source with
        !            21: .bd .o
        !            22: substituted for
        !            23: .bd .o.
        !            24: .s3
        !            25: Other arguments, except for
        !            26: .bd -c,
        !            27: are assumed
        !            28: to be either loader flag arguments, or B-compatible
        !            29: object programs, typically produced by an earlier
        !            30: .it bc
        !            31: run,
        !            32: or perhaps libraries of B-compatible routines.
        !            33: These programs, together with the results of any
        !            34: compilations specified, are loaded (in the order
        !            35: given) to produce an executable program with name
        !            36: .bd a.out.
        !            37: .s3
        !            38: The
        !            39: .bd -c
        !            40: argument suppresses the loading phase, as does
        !            41: any syntax error in any of the routines being compiled.
        !            42: .s3
        !            43: The language itself is described in [1].
        !            44: .s3
        !            45: The future of B is uncertain.
        !            46: The language has been totally eclipsed by the
        !            47: newer, more powerful, more compact, and faster
        !            48: language C.
        !            49: .sh FILES
        !            50: file.b                 input file
        !            51: .br
        !            52: a.out                  loaded output
        !            53: .br
        !            54: b.tmp1                 temporary (deleted)
        !            55: .br
        !            56: b.tmp2                 temporary (deleted)
        !            57: .br
        !            58: /usr/lang/bdir/b[ca]   translator
        !            59: .br
        !            60: /usr/lang/bdir/brt[12] runtime initialization
        !            61: .br
        !            62: /usr/lib/libb.a                builtin functions, etc.
        !            63: .br
        !            64: /usr/lang/bdir/bilib.a interpreter library
        !            65: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !            66: [1] K. Thompson; MM-72-1271-1; Users' Reference to B.
        !            67: .br
        !            68: cc(I)
        !            69: .sh DIAGNOSTICS
        !            70: see [1].

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