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stu did the original script for cms at the science center... using runoff-like dot-commands

one of the earliest documents (besides cp67-cms documentation) that was moved to script processing was principles of operation. script conditionals were used to maintain a single copy for two different versions. the "full" version was referred to as the "architecture red book" (distributed in red 3-ring binders). the subset version was the principles of operation and didn't contain all the architecture notes, engineering notes, notes justifying the instruction, etc. you used conditional on the cms script command line to control which version was produced. I have some vague recollection of some POPs being printed off a 1403 master ... where the diagram and other box vertical lines weren't continuous (you could get a 1403tn train that was capable of producing solid vertical lines).

then "G", "M", & "L" invented gml at the science center (gml selected because it was their initials ... then had to come up with "Generalized Markup Language" to go along with their initials). gml processing was then added to the cms script command.

later gml was standardized as sgml ... and waterloo did a enhanced version of the cms script command. there is story about how html was created off stuff done with the waterloo enhanced script command.

at cern ... cern and slac were sister organizations and big vm shops ... there is the old story circa 1974 about the cern tso-cms bakeoff report at share ... and internally. copies were clbuttified "confidential - restricted", available on a need-to-know basis only (attempting to restrict information internally on how bad tso comparison was).

slac put up the first webserver in the us.