Until I added .gitattributes, GitHub thought my BCPL project https://github.com/rptb1/clavicom was written in Brainfuck. If it were, I wouldn't've passed my ‘A’-level exams, but I would perhaps have become a timelord.
I will try to find time to submit a pull, but it's unlikely any time soon.
rptb1
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Shouldn't .b be B? ;-)
I do enjoy classical languages very much, so I'm sad to say there may not be enough BCPL files at GitHub to warrant addition of that language. See the contribution guidelines.
larsbrinkhoff
on 10 Mar 2016
@rptb1 What file extensions does BCPL, other than .b? I notice there's a file in your repo with the .sub extension that's written in (what I'm guessing) is BCPL.
Alhadis
on 29 Mar 2016
Martin Richard's BCPL distribution (_the_ compiler) uses .b as does the Arnor BCPL manual. My use of .sub isn't canonical — more to do with me working in isolation, pre-Internet. I would guess that there might be some BCPL out there in files with .bcpl but I haven't seen any.
rptb1
on 29 Mar 2016
By the way, if it has $( and $) then it's BCPL. BCPL was the first language with "section brackets" that later turned up as { and } — the "squiggle" and "squoggle"!
rptb1
on 29 Mar 2016
Now I've seen one! https://github.com/eli-davis/BCPL/blob/master/data_structures/linked_list.bcpl
However, this big pile of BCPL programs uses .b.
rptb1
on 29 Mar 2016
Hrm, I see.
BCPL needs a language grammar before it can be parsed by Linguist. From cursory searches, there doesn't appear to be one.
I'd write one, but I'd need a comprehensive language reference first.
Alhadis
on 29 Mar 2016
That's very enterprising of you. Full BNF grammar in the manual https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/bcpl.pdf thought some details changed later. There's more info here https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/bcpl.html and of course and I may be able to help out a bit later.
rptb1
on 29 Mar 2016
Now we're talking. ;)
Will look into doing so once I've finished working on this. A language pack already exists, but its support is limited to man-page macros only...
Alhadis
on 29 Mar 2016
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https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/bcpl.pdf thought some details
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mahfoud14
on 29 Mar 2016
BCPL needs a language grammar before it can be parsed by Linguist.
But as far as I know, there's no requirement for a language to have a grammar to be added to Linguist.
larsbrinkhoff
on 29 Mar 2016
No? I was under the impression Linguist used TextMate-compatible grammars to identify different parts of a language's anatomy (comments, keywords, standard library functions, etc) which influenced the results of its analysis...
Alhadis
on 29 Mar 2016
@Alhadis No, that's not how it works. The grammars are used for syntax highlighting when viewing files.
Language classification analysis is done with filenames, shebangs, heuristics, editor modelines, etc.
larsbrinkhoff
on 29 Mar 2016
Wheeelp, you learn something new everyday, haha. Thanks!
Alhadis
on 29 Mar 2016
Flagging as stale.
pchaigno
on 4 Aug 2018
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Wheeelp, you learn something new everyday, haha. Thanks!