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===CTSS=== The original RUNOFF [[text formatting|type-setting]] program for [[Compatible Time-Sharing System|CTSS]] was written by [[Jerome H. Saltzer]] circa 1964. [[Robert Morris (cryptographer)|Bob Morris]] and [[Doug McIlroy]] translated that from [[MAD (programming language)|MAD]] to [[BCPL]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Multics Features |url=https://multicians.org/features.html |quote=Ken Thompson wrote a version of QED in BCPL, and Doug McIlroy and Bob Morris wrote Multics runoff in BCPL based on Jerry Saltzer's MAD version of RUNOFF}}</ref> Morris and McIlroy then moved the BCPL version to [[Multics]] when the [[IBM 7094]] on which CTSS ran was being shut down.
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