Hi Folks,
    I almost liked "Basic All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code" better, it
has the same feeling as "GNUs Not Unix" and "PHP Hypertext Processor", just
a little ahead of its time....!

          Eric Sand
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 2:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Acronym


Bruce writes:

> I always thought it was
>
>  Basic All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
>
>  I believe I heard it from the man himself, John Kemeney.

Close. It's "Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code." It was
originally designed as an instructional language but was soon picked up in
the engineering community as a very simple but powerful method to program
instruments, calculators and controllers.

Wirt Atmar

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