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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 01:01:19 -0000 (UTC)
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On 26 Feb 2025 19:51:56 -0500, Rich Alderson wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> 
>> Still, they were the product line that launched DEC's computer career,
>> with the PDP-1.
> 
> Since DEC's original intent was to build small computers (at their
> founding in 1957), that's rather a fatuous statement.

Notice the “-1” in “PDP-1”? That’s how you know it was first.