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From: moi <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:29:47 +0100
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On 27/09/2024 01:51, Peter Flass wrote:
> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:14:04 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> PL/I was IBM’s attempt at a Grand Unification of both “business” and
>>> “scientific” programming in one language. If you thought C++ programming
>>> was full of surprises when your program did unexpected things, PL/I
>>> invented the whole genre of “surprise-ridden programming language”
>>
>> IBM was always so modest. Programming Language One. A Programming
>> Language.
>>
> 
> Supposed to be NPL (New Programming Language) but some wonky organization
> in the UK was already using that,
> 

The "wonky" organization is the National Physical Laboratory where,
among other achievements, the world's first caesium-133 atomic clock
was created.

-- 
Bill F.