Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:10485 comp.os.misc:681 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!linc.cis.upenn.edu!farber From: farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Does anyone still use Multics?? Message-ID: <6518@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 3 Dec 88 21:07:23 GMT References: <6392@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu.UUCP (David Farber) Distribution: na Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 14 In article <6392@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> steve@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Steve DeJarnett) writes: > >available for it (since I'm asking). I presume it would have been written >in something like FORTRAN. > Multics was NOT written in Fortran. It was written in PL/1 (initially according to the NPL spec then the full PL/1 spec). It was probably the first PL/1 compiler written afterthe Share/IBM 3x3 spec. Dave David Farber; Prof. of CIS and EE, U of Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6389 Tele: 215-898-9508; FAX: 215-274-8192 "The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment." -- R. P. Feynman