Re: Strange and wonderful prog names

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From: holl... The Polymath
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 1990 20:07

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In article <15...@yunexus.YorkU.CA> shi...@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Paul Shields) writes:
}On a Honeywell DPS-6 , a few of you might run WGCOS, which
}stands for
}  
}  world's greatest cassette operating system.

The authors claim the GW in GWBASIC stands for "Gee Wiz", in reference to
all the features they built into it.

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From: holl...@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
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