6 Jun
2006
6 Jun
'06
6:41 p.m.
The language was vaguely C-like but actually predated C. K&R and the famous Bell system technical journal issue both date from 1978. Trip was developed around 1971. Trip was an incremental compiler. You typed a line of code, it compiled and executed it. It was obviously influence by lisp, by people who wanted a lisp-like experience by also wanted something effecient. Among other advanced features it had structures, a pretty printer, and a permanantly resident symbol table. Ah the memories!