Tar -> BSD -> Unix wars -> SCO vs IBM -> Trade secret -> Trade dress -> 
Honeywell -> Burroughs Corporation

-> Stack machine -> Accumulator machine -> Register machine -> Counter 
machine -> Pointer machine -> Random access machine -> Random access 
stored program machine

-> FORTRAN
    -> Arithmetic IF
    -> Front panel
    -> Modula-2 -> Oberon -> F

-> ALGOL
    -> P-code machine -> UCSD Pascal -> Ada
    -> Lisp machine
    -> Whetstone

-> COBOL

Like, TOTALLY RETRO, man!

I'm really loving this quote:

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be 
regarded as a criminal offense." (Dijkstra)

Seeing the 8-line Hello World implementation, I'm tending to agree...

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