The AMD 2900 microcode assembler was written in FORTRAN. As well as the Z80 assembler, 1982.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM paul.kimpel--- via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Burroughs ESPOL has been dead since the early 1980s. The B6700/B7700 MCP (OS) > was completely rewritten at that time in a new language, NEWP, which is > somewhat MODULA-like. It is still in use for the Unisys ClearPath MCP systems > that have evolved from the B6x00/B7x00 systems. > > There are various stores about the name, one that it stands for No Executive > Washroom Privileges and other that when asked if the new compiler was ready > yet, John McClintock, the primary developer, would answer "newp!" This first > is probably apocryphal; the second probably isn't.
