Yes - and it could not be called NPL as its further development was then transferred to IBM Hursley in England.
On 24/03/2022 12:45, Seymour J Metz wrote: > FORTRAN VI -> NPL -> MPPL -> PL/I > > At the time I thought that MPPL was a hideous acronym. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of > CM Poncelet [[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 9:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PL/I question > > +1 > > It was initially called Fortran VI, because it was considered too > advanced to be called Fortran V (1962), then NPL (1964, but could not > because it was the acronym of the National Physical Laboratory [or > similar] in the UK,) and then PL/I - with the '/' from OS/360 and the > Roman 'I' to preserve its originally having been called Fortran VI. > > > > On 23/03/2022 00:52, Phil Smith III wrote: >> Bob Bridges wrote: >> >>> PL/1 was my first language. >> >> Only it's "PL/I". "Programming Language/One", but "PL/I". Just sayin'. >> >> >> >> It actually might have been PL/C on that Xerox 530. Soooo long ago. >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> . >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > . > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
