Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl
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From: ljdickey@watmath.waterloo.edu (L. J. Dickey)
Subject: DE (Was: APL's written in Forth
Message-ID: <1992Feb8.162137.28385@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <1992Jan29.993.774@dosgate> <1992Jan30.170533.2947@sspiff.UUCP> <53826@cup.portal.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1992 16:21:37 GMT
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In article <53826@cup.portal.com> Edward_M_Cherlin@cup.portal.com writes:
>Yes, I-APL is written in a Forth-like language called DE (Development 
>Environment) created by Paul Chapman.

Paul Chapman originally called his language "DEL", and on his first
attept to run it, created a source file, and type  "DEL fn"
for some "fn".  Of course the file fn was deleted.

That was when the name was changed from DEL to DE.

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Leroy J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, U of Waterloo, Canada  N2L 3G1
Internet:      ljdickey@watmath.UWaterloo.ca
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