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Re: OT: PL/I was Re: Please welcome . . .

From:Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
Date:Thursday, December 18, 2003, 16:01
--- "Ph. D." <phild@...> wrote:
> Jeff Jones wrote: > > > > Ph. D. wrote:
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> (We also had a compiler called RALPH on the 1110 > written at the University of Maryland which would > compile > code in FORTRAN and MAD. [Anyone remember MAD?] > You could switch back and forth between languages in > the > middle of a source file.) > > --Ph. D.
WOW! Yes, I remember MAD (Michigan Algorithmetic Decoder, or some such, as I recall) I've been an assembly language progammer since the early 60's. Anybody remember the IBM 7090 or the CDC 6600? Of course fo the last 10 years it's been nothing but C and C++. (anf Forth at home for fun) --gary

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