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diff --git a/lang/baci/DESCR b/lang/baci/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ecf8bb7fc51 --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/baci/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +BACI stands for Ben-Ari Concurrent Interpreter. The compiler and interpreter +originally were procedures in a program written by M. Ben-Ari, based on the +original Pascal compiler by Niklaus Wirth. The original version of the BACI +compiler and interpreter was created from that source code and was hosted on +a PRIME mainframe. After several modifications and additions, this version +was ported to a PC version in Turbo Pascal, to Sun Pascal, and to C. Finally, +the compiler and interpreter were split into two seperate programs. + +Recently, a C-- compiler has been added to the BACI suite of programs to +compile source programs written in a restricted dialect of C++ into PCODE +object code executable by the interpreter. Compared with other concurrent +languages, BACI offers a variety of synchronization techniques with a +syntax that is usually familiar. Any experienced C or Pascal programmer could +use BACI within hours. |