Excerpted from a message dated 01-04-99, Eddy Thilleman to Tobias Ernst:
   (Original Subject: Timeslice Release)

ET>Sometimes I see "PL/1" and sometimes I see
"PL/I", so I don't know
  >how it is actually spelled out.

Hi Eddy--

    It should be "PL/I."  The "I" is a roman-numeral
"1" so it is
pronounced "pee ell one."  The "I" for "1" is
an old IBM language
idiosyncrasy.  PL/I is an old IBM language, vintage 1965 or so.  Before
C came along, PL/I was favored by the "computer science" types.
Nowadays, it is still favored by we non-computer-science types who
prefer a rational programming language suitable for both "scientific"
and "data processing" applications (IMO, C is suitable for neither!),
but IBM has priced PL/I out of the amateur market.  David Noon still
thinks that "PL/I Personal" will return some day.  I'm not so sure, but
I am willing to wait.  In the meantime, I am using a back-version (VA
PL/I "Standard" v 2.0 for OS/2) that seems to still work OK.

    Regards,

        --Murray

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