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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: The making of compilers
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Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> writes:

> I guess we use different terms for the same thing: I wouldn't use the
> term "written in PL/1" to describe translating Ada to PL/1 anymore than
> I'd say something compiled using a compiler that outputs C was "written
> in C".

Isn't the language called "PL/I"?