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Article #48Re: notable computer stories in fiction and the media
From: Thomas Lapp
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1989 01:21
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1989 01:21
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> As I recall (I only saw it once, and on TV at that) it was some DEC proprietary
> language, like FOCAL, wasn't it? Or was it "real COBOL"? Or was I OD'd
> on popcorn?
Sigh. FOCAL brings a lump to my throat. This was the first computer
language I ever learned (still have the booklet). I never got very
good in it though. I soon moved on to BASIC which was also available
on the PDP-12 I would hack (good meaning) on.
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!udel!mvac23!thomas From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: notable computer stories in fiction and the media Message-ID: <128.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> Date: 16 Dec 89 01:21:42 GMT References: <129137@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: use...@udel.EDU Reply-To: mvac23!tho...@udel.edu Organization: MultiVac23, Newark, DE, U.S.A. Lines: 23 Posted: Sat Dec 16 02:21:42 1989 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit