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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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