Re: GIRLS

"Michael J. Brennan" <mbrennan@brennan-software.com>
9 Apr 1998 01:17:38 -0400

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From: "Michael J. Brennan" <mbrennan@brennan-software.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 9 Apr 1998 01:17:38 -0400
Organization: Brennan Software Development, Inc.
References: 98-04-028
Keywords: history

Hugh Gleaves wrote:
> Does anyone recall a langage (or OS ?) that went by the name
> of GIRLS ?


GIRLS was the orginal name for the PICK (OS and Database) from Richard
Pick.


FROM www.picksys.com/company/corp.pdf:
"In 1965, as part of a research and development project for the
U.S. Army, engineers at TRW Corp developed a software program
called Generalized Information Retrieval Lanaguage and System."
Or GIRLS for short.


> (Maybee I can get a job working on GIRLS !)


Pick and its clones (UniVerse, Prime Information, UniData, etc.) are
still around so I guess it is possible to get your dream job. Hope you
enjoy Pick Basic and "Post-Relational" database theory (which came
before relational.)
--
Michael J. Brennan
Brennan Software Development, Inc.
mbrennan@brennan-software.com
http://www.brennan-software.com
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