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Explain The History Of Pl/1? |
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Answer» PL/1 was developed as an IBM PRODUCT in the mid 1960's, and was originally named NPL (NEW Programming Language). The name was changed to PL/1 to AVOID confusion of acronym NPL with the National Physical Laboratory in ENGLAND. The first PL/1 compiler that was shipped with OS/360 was so called F-compiler. In was slow multipass compiler that was designed to operate with tiny memory amount of memory (64K) that was available in first mainframes. PL/1 was developed as an IBM product in the mid 1960's, and was originally named NPL (New Programming Language). The name was changed to PL/1 to avoid confusion of acronym NPL with the National Physical Laboratory in England. The first PL/1 compiler that was shipped with OS/360 was so called F-compiler. In was slow multipass compiler that was designed to operate with tiny memory amount of memory (64K) that was available in first mainframes. |
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