PL/I

PL/I ("Programming Language One", pronounced "pee-el-one") is a procedural, imperative computer programming language designed for scientific, engineering, business and systems programming applications. It has been used by various academic, commercial and industrial organizations since it was introduced in the 1960s, and continues to be actively used as of 2011. PL/I's principal domains are data processing, numerical computation, scientific comput... More

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  • NPL,
  • Programming Language One
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