From 9aa0808695ae942f94139a71068dcdb10e9574ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:29:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] More documentation of the noexistence of the "Atari implementation". --- doc/ick.txi | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ick.txi b/doc/ick.txi index f558a85..e4e3d98 100644 --- a/doc/ick.txi +++ b/doc/ick.txi @@ -6049,12 +6049,12 @@ programs for compatibility with older compilers. @subheading Differences to the Atari compiler @cindex Atari compiler -The Atari compiler was another implementation of @icst{}, which was -basically identical to the Princeton compiler apart from its use of -ASCII and Atari syntax. Everything said under the previous section -applies, except that as it uses the same syntax as @cic{} anyway -(@cic{}'s syntax was based on the Atari compiler's), there is no need -to use @command{convickt}. +The Atari compiler was an uncompleted implementation of @icst{}, +optimistically pre-described in some 1982 additions to the original +@icst{} manual. Despite the implementation's never actually existing, +the documentation of the syntax provided a model for @cic{}. If any +Atari 800 INTERCAL source code actually existed, there would be no +need to use @command{convickt} on it. @subheading Differences to @jic{} @cindex J-INTERCAL -- 2.43.0