[email protected] (Anne & Lynn Wheeler) writes: > more history here (also mentions last names): > http://www.sgmlsource.com/history/roots.htm
re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2010k.html#42 GML from roots.htm ... Later in 1971, when product development was imminent, I gave GML its present name so that our initials would always prove where it had originated. One of the ugly truths of technology transfer is that developers tend to be grateful for research work when first received, and virtually oblivious to it by the end of a lengthy development cycle, which in those days could take years and years. (Actually, it still takes that long today; they just bring the software to market much earlier in the development cycle.) ... snip ... and ... Ed Mosher's technical notebook indicates that by 1971 we had succeeded with tag interpretation and multiple use (which Ed had implemented using Script set-symbols) and moved along into thinking about models and finite state machines. ... snip .. -- 42yrs virtualization experience (since Jan68), online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
