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Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 10:50:04 +1000
From: George Michaelson <ggm@apnic.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] first capital letter in function names at man pages, why?
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On Thu, 20 May 2004 20:36:29 -0400 dmr@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:

> >  ... Dennis is quoted as saying `if you want PL/I you know where
> > to find it,' when someone asked for a questionable feature.  Does anyone
> > know what that feature was?
>
>In truth I have no idea whether I actually said it
>as an original aphorism, or in what context.
>
>	Dennis


computed gotos?

compiling PL/1 was like dealing with assembler: every error masked the other
10,000 errors, so you got next to no repeat-bug find for each compile/edit pass.

the hubris of PL/1 implying either PL/2 or PL/0 was enormous!

(at least C put itself in the emotional range from A to Z slightly further in!
 -and paid homage to BCPL..)

-George