# Age of Forth, was re: dc etc.

## Peter Lawrence — 2006-12-14 14:52:40

    On 9 Dec 2006 09:41:48 -0000, concatenative@yahoogroups.com wrote:

     > Posted by: "William Tanksley, Jr" wtanksleyjr@... wtanksle

    > Date: Fri Dec 8, 2006 4:54 pm ((PST))

    > The first Forth was written in 1958 (by Chuck Moore). dc was written

    > in the B language on a PDP-7, so it couldn't have been written before

    > the late 1960s. So Forth is still older.

     Forth goes back to the late '60s, actually. PML.

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