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  3. May 2003

programming language genealogy

 >> Other computer companies back in the day did not have similar languages
that customers would use to get their systems to do useful work?

Yes they did.  I can't recall the name but I briefly worked with a similar
language on NCR systems.  I also remember something similar on Burroughs.

In the world of ICL (who at the time were bigger in Europe than IBM) there
was a language called NICOL** which was almost identical to RPG.  Later on
ICL replaced it by implementing an RPG II dialect as did Wang, DG, DEC,
Honeywell, HP and ?????

** Without thinking about the implications, I named my fist daughter NICOLA
which prompted one of my friends to ask if my second child would be called
NICOLB!! (No he wasn't!)

Jon Paris
Partner400
www.Partner400.com

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