Early PL/I(EPL) A {PL/I} subset dialect by McIlroy, Morris et al, the first running PL/I {compiler}. It was used by {Bell Labs} and {MIT} to write {Multics}. EPL had extensions to handle the segment/offset nature of {Multics} pointers. See also {REPL}, {TMG}. ["EPL Reference Manual", Project MAC, April 1966]. [Sammet 1969, p. 542]. (1995-11-15)