Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al

2011-02-08 Thread George Land
Ahh, RPL! My first MV experience was 4th Feb 1983 when I met a CMC Reality running RPL at a bus factory in the English Lake District. Several years working on manufacturing software that originated from SMI followed both there and at Trifid in Cheshire on Ultimates and Adds Mentor (running RPL+)

Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al

2011-02-08 Thread Charles_Shaffer
I'm thinking it might be good to write up an article about RPL. If any of you has knowledge of the history of the language, the company, etc. you can email me, and we can collaborate on getting it all laid out... straight. Will In the late 80s I worked with Ultimate Pick on a VAX, running

Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al

2011-02-08 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 2/8/2011 6:02:44 AM Pacific Standard Time, charles_shaf...@ntn-bower.com writes: In the late 80s I worked with Ultimate Pick on a VAX, running software from SMI. That system used RPL as its native programming language. This was the Ultimate PICK that ran on an add-in

Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al

2011-02-08 Thread Brian Leach
PROC. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of fft2...@aol.com Sent: 08 February 2011 17:06 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al In a message dated 2/8/2011 6:02:44

Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al

2011-02-08 Thread fft2001
Was your RPL compiler for Universe ever actually installed on a commercial system ? -Original Message- From: Brian Leach br...@brianleach.co.uk To: 'U2 Users List' u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Tue, Feb 8, 2011 12:57 pm Subject: Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al I

Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al

2011-02-08 Thread Tony Gravagno
From:Charles_Shaffer I remember having to add NOP instructions into programs so that a subroutine wouldn't span groups or something. That's funny - one of the issues I need to fix in the compiler right now is the requirement for a NOP when some statements in object code cross frame

Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al

2011-02-07 Thread fft2001
I'm thinking it might be good to write up an article about RPL. If any of you has knowledge of the history of the language, the company, etc. you can email me, and we can collaborate on getting it all laid out... straight. Will ___ U2-Users mailing

Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al

2011-02-07 Thread Tony Gravagno
No more OT digressions, please? I'm quite familiar with RPL. The owner is my client. I do RPL/assembler work for them. I know it's history and where it's actually sold and supported now. But I don't want to discuss this in the U2 forum or any other forum really. Thanks. From: Will I'm thinking

Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al

2011-02-07 Thread fft2001
pm Subject: Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al No more OT digressions, please? I'm quite familiar with RPL. The owner is my client. I do RPL/assembler work for them. I know it's history and where it's actually sold and supported now. But I don't want to discuss this in the U2 forum or any other

Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al

2011-02-07 Thread Steve Kunzman
, 2011 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al I'm thinking it might be good to write up an article about RPL. If any of you has knowledge of the history of the language, the company, etc. you can email me, and we can collaborate on getting it all laid out... straight