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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: naughty Pascal
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 14:22:16 -0800
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 16:04:17 -0500
c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:

> I'd forgotten ... p-System was the "3rd OS" offered for the original
> IBM-PC. Alas it was over-priced and under- performing, so ....

Yeah - a forgotten entry in the saga of write-once-run-anywhere dreams,
right up there with Java workstations...