Three things a man must do Before his life is done: Write two lines in APL And make the suckers run -- Stan Kelly-Bootle, _The Devil's DP Dictionary_
On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 12:40 PM Carmen Vitullo <cvitu...@hughes.net> wrote: > ding ding ! > > it was an APL terminal, APL language IIRC > > that hurt my brain > > I'm not sure what APL was used for but I knew it was kinda off limit to > us and hush hush > > Carmen > > On 3/24/2022 12:26 PM, Carmen Vitullo wrote: > > you could be right, but I thinking along the lines of a three letter > > acronym, maybe not a programming language but a tool used by them for > > the customer. > > > > If my brain recalls the name from ML2 I'll post it > > > > Carmen > > > > On 3/24/2022 12:23 PM, Joe Monk wrote: > >> Probably PL/S. > >> > >> Joe > >> > >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 12:18 PM Carmen Vitullo<cvitu...@hughes.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Reminds of of the IBM 'guy' we had on-site daily at my fist gig, he had > >>> a 'special' terminal at our site and coded in a language that eludes me > >>> right now - man do I feel old now that I cannot remember stuff > >>> > >>> Carmen > >>> > >>> On 3/24/2022 12:05 PM, Pierre Fichaud wrote: > >>>> I haven't heard the term ABP mentioned in over 20 years. > >>>> That brings back memories of stuff I did early in my career. > >>>> > >>>> I remember using IBM's FORMAC compiler (or pre-processor) sometime in > >>> the mid 70s (I think). > >>>> IIRC, it generated PL/1 code. > >>>> I can't remember what I did but I didn't spend a lot of time on it. > >>>> > >>>> Pierre. > >>>> > >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >>>> send emailtolists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO > IBM-MAIN > >>>> > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> /I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to > >>> succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand > >>> with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, > >>> and part with him when he goes wrong. *Abraham Lincoln*/ > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >>> send email tolists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >>> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email tolists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > >> > -- > /I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to > succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand > with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, > and part with him when he goes wrong. *Abraham Lincoln*/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
