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IBM Had A PL/I, Its Syntax Worse Than JOSS: And Everywhere This Language Went, It Was A Total Loss.
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IBM had a PL/I,
Its syntax worse than JOSS:
And everywhere this language went,
It was a total loss.
-- The Great Quux June 1973
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