was "C on the PDP-8 (was Re: Infocom on PDP-11)", now "FOCAL source"

[Brad Parker]

"vrs" wrote:
>
>I actually think the task is only manageable if you virtualize a processor
>that is more amenable to C.  Which is also time-inefficient, but could
>potentially be at least a little more space-efficient.  (Maybe a 24-bit two
>operand machine?  Or something like a Nova, but 24 bit?)

heh.  I remember puzzling at the the "pushj"'s and "popj"'s in the FOCAL
source code.  This was before I had seen a pdp-11 or dec-10.

Does anyone have the source for FOCAL on line?  I used something called
FOCARL and COLPAC also, derivatives created by some smart guys at
Carleton College.

-brad