This dimension names the person or team credited with inventing a programming language. Wikipedia notes that a programming language is "an engineered language for expressing computer programs," engineering that is always the work of a named designer or team. Browsing this way collects every language credited to the same inventor.
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1. Wikipedia: PL/I
WikipediaPL/I, Naming history sectionQuote, PL/I, Naming history section
This acronym conflicted with that of the UK's National Physical Laboratory and was replaced briefly by MPPL (MultiPurpose Programming Language) and, in 1965, with PL/I (with a Roman numeral "I").
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