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From: aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: "Alfie"
Message-ID: <604@pucc-h>
Date: Tue, 20-Mar-84 19:18:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 20 19:18:08 1984
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This has nothing to do with consumers, but I was amused to see something about
a computer calling itself Alfie when there is, on the CDC 6000 terminal system
here at Purdue, a language called ALFIE (Algebraic Language For an Interactive
Environment).  One section of the manual introduction even is headed (music
please):  "What's it all about, ALFIE?"

(For the curious:  ALFIE is a munged version of BASIC--i.e. just close enough
to be understandable, but just different enough to be incompatible if you try
anything too complicated.  We sensibly dropped support for it some time back.)
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-- Jeff Sargent
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