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Aucbvax.6422 fa.works utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!works Sun Mar 7 23:58:12 1982 Apollo/Clever? >From Lars.Ericson@Cmu-10a Sun Mar 7 23:53:10 1982 Apollo system software is programmed in FORTRAN. I guess this is an example of clever, conservative system design allowing future upgrading -- like maybe to a recoding in PASCAL. Then, 10 years from now, maybe we'll see an Apollo upgrade programmed in LISP....

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