XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:57:26 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-07, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 06/01/2026 21:06, c186282 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 1/6/26 05:10, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 06/01/2026 03:27, Peter Flass wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I seem to recall reading that someone once wrote an OS in COBOL.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>  From what little I know COBOL looked very like assembler.   
   >>>   
   >>>    If assembler was RIDICULOUSLY WORDY   
   >>>   
   >> Some assembler is...it's a choice. Especially Macro assembler...   
   >   
   > I remember CS weenies fawning over a language called pl360, the   
   > misbegotten bastard child of Algol and 360 assembly language.  :-p   
      
   I don't remember that one but I do recall when PL/I was going to be the   
   one language to rule them all.   
      
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