Programming Language - NPL


NPL

NPL -
1. New Programming Language. IBMs original (temporary) name for PL/I,
changed due to conflict with Englands "National Physical Laboratory." MPL
and MPPL were considered before settling on PL/I. Sammet 1969, p.542.
2. Burstall, 1977. A predecessor of HOPE. Pattern matching and set
comprehensions.
3. NonProcedural Language. 1980. A relational database language. "An
Introduction to Nonprocedural Languages Using NPL", T.D. Truitt et al,
McGraw-Hill 1983. Versions for Apple ][, MS-DOS.

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