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From: ech@spuxll.UUCP (Ned Horvath)
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Subject: Re: request PC apl info
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Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 17:26:36 EST
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STSC started in the late 60's (around '69, I think) in the midst of IBM's
policy of malign neglect toward APL.  APL had the misfortune to appear at
about the same time that PL/I did.  What, you don't see the connection?
Well, the large entrenched PL/I effort at IBM saw a threat for some reason...

Anyway, STSC hired off some of the gurus (notably Larry Breed) who had done
APL\360 and put 'em to work doing a commercial version of the APL Big Blue
was refusing to support (much less develop).  APL*Plus was the first result.
As near as I can tell, STSC was a startup at the time, with the explicit goal
of making APL commercial.

=Ned=