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| Developer | Gary Kildall[1] at Microcomputer Applications Associates |
|---|---|
| First appeared | 1973[2][3] |
| Influenced by | |
| PL/I, XPL | |
| Influenced | |
| CP/M, PLuS | |
PL/M, an acronym for Programming Language for Microcomputers,[2][3] is a high-level language conceived and developed by Gary Kildall in 1973 for Hank Smith at Intel for the Intel 8008. It was later expanded for the newer Intel 8080.
The 8080 had enough power to run the PL/M compiler, but lacked a suitable form of mass storage. In an effort to port the language from the PDP-10 to the 8080, Kildall used PL/M to write a disk operating system that allowed it to floppy disk to be used. This was the basis of CP/M.
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