Talk:Occam (programming language): Difference between revisions

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: Yes. [[User:Wizzy|Wizzy]]&hellip;[[User talk:Wizzy|<big>'''&#9742;'''</big>]] 13:57, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

: I've been asked to look in here. Can someone please tell me what Occam 3 is? I have no idea since I was not involved in anyway. Exactly what features did Occam 3 add? Was this something that Geoff Barrett did? What algorithms specifically use the features of Occam 3 and what are those features? If the language was used in a journal published paper to describe an algorithm then I have no doubt it should be included here. But I do not know that this is the case. I assume that such references would be included in anything added. The only significant revision of which I am aware is Occam Pi and I think Peter Welch? at Kent University is the authority on that. He will know about Occam 3 too, I have no doubt. So he's the man to ask. I really do not feel qualified to answer this question. Geoff Barret BTW is alive and well, I heard recently, and working at Broadcom in the UK. Ask him.

: For the record, the Occam language was always developed within the group of people that worked for David May, the INMOS Architecture Group. This includes people like myself and Geoff Barret (though Geoff joined INMOS/STMicroelectronics full-time after I left). A number of people in the INMOS Software Group (Conor O'Neil among them) "leaked" unsanctioned documents that were not approved by David. David is the ultimate authority on all things Occam. David is accessible, write to him at Bristol University: [e-mail].

:--[[User:Stevenzenith|Steven Zenith]] 02:41, 4 October 2007 (UTC)