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From: "John Barham" <jbarham@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] A new language for Plan 9
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On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:54 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:41 PM, John Barham <jbarham@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > >  I first saw it in a language in 1978 called Offal, by Aron Insinga.
>  >
>  >  Well with a name like Offal at least he wasn't setting expectations t=
oo high...
>  >
>
>  Just about as high as Python went, it turns out :-)

Touch=E9.  At least it wasn't called Parrot or it might have been dead
from the start.

  John