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Re:If Haskell is so great, why hasn't it taken over the worl... by lucas_membrane on Sunday May 20, 2018 @06:10PM (#17115023)
PL1 is approximately 54, and it was put together to cover the application domains of 2 previous language successes, Fortran and COBOL, which still live. Fortran is more than twice 30 years old, BASIC approximately 53, RPG 59.
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