shmuel+...@patriot.net (Shmuel Metz , Seymour J.) writes: > Every generation believes that it invented sex. I won't guaranty that > ALGOL 60 was first, but it was certainly before PL/I.
this has some PL/I history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I in the 70s ... lots of the languages were in downtown NYC in the "time/life" bldg ... when that got shutdown, some eventually show up to STL (now called silicon valley lab). This has reference to time-life http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP7090.html this also has reference to time/life http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/1401.html Then they outsourced PL/I to an outside company ... and transferred lots of technology to the company ... including advanced code optimizing techniques from other parts of the company unrelated to PL/I. this results in some amount of uproar comments from around the company. a little longer discussion in this past post http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008s.html#71 this has some PL/I history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I it doesn't mention the outsourcing ... but it does mention STL launched an entirely new compiler in 1992 (possibly part of bringing it back in house). it does mention work by the IBM Boston Programming Center ... which was also in 545 tech sq ... multics implemented in pli on the 5th flr, ibm science center on the 4th flr, and the boston programming center on the 3rd flr. http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013m.html#36 other posts http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#545tech Jean Sammet was also at the boston programming center on the 3rd flr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_E._Sammet -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
