- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 07:02, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
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PL/C
- ... that PL/C was created at Cornell University as a student-oriented dialect of IBM's PL/I programming language, and that as many as 250 other universities used it? Source: fns 6 and 11 in article
- ALT1: ... that Cornell University's student-oriented PL/C programming language dialect was made available to other universities but required a "research grant" payment in exchange? Source: fn 4 in article
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Stock
- Comment:
5x expanded by Wasted Time R (talk) and DavidGries (talk). Nominated by Wasted Time R (talk) at 10:40, 22 September 2022 (UTC).
New enough and large enough expansion of a long-running stub. QPQ present. Earwig turns up no issues. Hook facts check out for ALT0 and ALT1. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:52, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
- Advice for contributors @Wasted Time R and DavidGries: I don't think the words "Imagine waiting five hours to discover only that a semicolon was missing." are quite the right tone, but that idea should be incorporated with the previous sentence.
- @Wasted Time R: As I'm sure Sammi Brie knows, technical abbreviations tend to decrease interest in a hook – can the jargon be condensed? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 17:36, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: In ALT0, you could replace "... of IBM's PL/I programming language ..." with "... of an IBM programming language ...". Other than that, I'm not sure what jargon can be eliminated. "PL/C" is the name of the article, and while general readers may not realize that programming languages can have dialects, the analogy with human language dialects should be understandable. I think general readers are also familiar with research grants. Wasted Time R (talk) 01:03, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
- @Wasted Time R: perhaps a piped link?
- ALT1a: ... that Cornell University's student-oriented programming language dialect was made available to other universities but required a "research grant" payment in exchange?
- I know it's silly, but it does actually have quite the effect :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 06:37, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
- Ah, I see what you mean. Yes, a piped link is okay with me, as is ALT1a. Wasted Time R (talk) 10:22, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
- I thought a slash would help, but yes, my call sign hooks have suffered so much I've stopped making them. I should have caught this. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:43, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
- Ah, I see what you mean. Yes, a piped link is okay with me, as is ALT1a. Wasted Time R (talk) 10:22, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: In ALT0, you could replace "... of IBM's PL/I programming language ..." with "... of an IBM programming language ...". Other than that, I'm not sure what jargon can be eliminated. "PL/C" is the name of the article, and while general readers may not realize that programming languages can have dialects, the analogy with human language dialects should be understandable. I think general readers are also familiar with research grants. Wasted Time R (talk) 01:03, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
