Re: Wild computer language names

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From: Bruce M. Walker
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 1990 17:46

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In article <20136.2...@merrimack.edu> ger...@merrimack.edu writes:
> I can't cite a reference, but I once came across a derivative of SNOBOL
> called (no kidding) SPITBOL...

I never saw this one come out, though I waited and waited -- so I created
it.  When I wrote a ROM debug monitor for a Zilog Z8 (single-chip micro)
based project (circa 1979), I christened it:

	SCRUBOL - Simple, Compact, RUntime, Byte-Oriented Language

(That's pronounced "screw-ball" in case there's some doubt :-)

It became quite famous among the crowd in the hardware lab at AES Data Ltd/Ltee.
All 7 of us.

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bmw@isgtec.uucp  [ ..uunet!utai!lsuc!isgtec!bmw ]  Bruce Walker

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