Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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B is the forerunner to C - but seemed lost - Angelo Papenhoff decided to change it and brought it back from the brink! Here he tries to recreate Brian Kernighan's original 'Hello World' with a few wrinkles!

Angelo's B compiler is here: github.com/aap/b
Angelo's emulators: github.com/aap/blincolnlights

There's a type in the end of the video, it should of course read "Obsolescence"

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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

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