bcpl

Hidden features of BCPL

In light of the "Hidden features of..." series of questions, what little-known features of BCPL have become useful to you? ...

What's a good book for learning BCPL?

A long time ago, I worked on some BCPL code (very similar to C although even more basic, difficult though that is to imagine). Now, as part of a compiler course, we're going to be setting assignments for building some of the parts of the compiler (lexical and semantic analysis) and I'd like to know what the community thinks is the best ...