Only 20 minutes!? How many times did he say "Orthogonal"? The best part of comp.databases.pick was teasing meaning from Henry's posts. It was always worth the effort, but often required a dictionary ;-)
-----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Jon Sisk Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:16 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Pick History Henry Eggers says "no connection". "It came later.". Bear in mind it took him nearly 20 minutes to say this. Best regards, Jon Sisk Charles_Shaffer wrote: > > Cleaning out the old room where everything computer related gets sent to. > Came across a book on a programming language called PL/I. Just taking a > quick look, I saw some familiar statements like CONVERT, PROC, INPUT, > CHAR, PRINT, FORMAT, LIKE, LOCATE. Is this coincidence, or was PL/I part > of the early days of Pick? Apparently PL/I came into use in the 1960s > around the time Pick was developed. > > Charles Shaffer > Senior Analyst > NTN-Bower Corporation > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > ----- http://jes.com On-demand 1 on 1 private training for all MultiValue platforms and languages. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Pick-History-tp30809278p30818137.html Sent from the U2 - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users