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NPL(ID:446/npl001)

New Programming Language 

alternate simple view
Country: United States
Designed 1963
Published: 1963
Genus: IBM PL/Is
Sammet category: Experimental and other

New Programming Language. IBM's original (temporary) name for PL/I, changed partly owing to conflict with England's "National Physical Laboratory", but mainly because the SHARE committee thought it silly to have a language named "New" when the hoped to have it last a while.

MPL and MPPL were considered before settling on PL/I.
Related languages
FORTRAN VI → NPL   Renaming
NPL → MPPL   Renaming
References:
  • Introduction to NPL, Form C20-1617-0, IBM. (1964) [IBM] Introduction to NPL, Form C20-1617-0, IBM.
  • NPL Technical Report, Form 320-0909, IBM. (1964) [IBM] NPL Technical Report, Form 320-0909, IBM.
  • McCracken, D. D., (1964) McCracken, D. D., "The New Programming Language"
          in (1963) Datamation 9(7) July 1964
  • Report II of the Advanced Language Development Com (1964) Report II of the Advanced Language Development Committee of the SHARE FORTRAN Project; June 25, 1964.
          in (1963) Datamation 9(7) July 1964
  • Status Report of the Advanced Language Development (1964) Status Report of the Advanced Language Development Committee of the SHARE FORTRAN Project; March 1, 1964.
          in (1963) Datamation 9(7) July 1964
  • Goldstein (1965) Goldstein, M. "Computer Languages" The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 72, No. 2, Part 2: Computers and Computing Feb., 1965 pp141-146 Extract: Languages scene
          in (1963) Datamation 9(7) July 1964
  • Radin, G. and Rogoway, H. P., (1965) Radin, G. and Rogoway, H. P., "NPL: Highlights of a New Programming Language", pp9-17.
          in [ACM] (1965) [ACM] CACM 8(01) Jan 1965
  • Shaw, Christopher J. (1965) Shaw, Christopher J. review of 1965 Radin and Rogoway Abstract
          in (1965) ACM Computing Reviews 6(04) July-August 1965
  • Rosen, Saul (1967) Rosen, Saul "Some Recent Developments" p23
          in Rosen, Saul (ed) Programming Systems & Languages. (1967) Rosen, Saul (ed) Programming Systems & Languages. McGraw Hill, New York, 1967.
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1969) Sammet, Jean E. "Computer Languages - Principles and History" Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall 1969. p.542.
          in Rosen, Saul (ed) Programming Systems & Languages. (1967) Rosen, Saul (ed) Programming Systems & Languages. McGraw Hill, New York, 1967.
  • Stock (1971) Stock, Karl F. "A listing of some programming languages and their users" in RZ-Informationen. Graz: Rechenzentrum Graz 1971 170 Abstract
          in Rosen, Saul (ed) Programming Systems & Languages. (1967) Rosen, Saul (ed) Programming Systems & Languages. McGraw Hill, New York, 1967.
  • Sammet (1972) Sammet, Jean E., "Roster of Programming Languages 1972" 195
          in (1972) Computers & Automation 21(6B), 30 Aug 1972
  • Stock and Stock (1973) Stock, Marylene and Stock, Karl F. "Bibliography of Programming Languages: Books, User Manuals and Articles from PLANKALKUL to PL/I" Verlag Dokumentation, Pullach/Munchen 1973 419 Abstract
          in (1972) Computers & Automation 21(6B), 30 Aug 1972
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