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The result was Delete. Michig (talk) 21:06, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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All that I can find for this programming language in searches is this article. Fails WP:N. SL93 (talk) 20:39, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:40, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy Delete - A7, no claim of notability. Kuguar03 (talk) 23:50, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. It certainly existed; see here. But I can't find enough citations of this or the related papers on the project to convince me of its lasting significance. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:04, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. Played a minor role in the history of bounded quantification. See Benjamin C. Pierce, "Bounded quantification is undecidable", POPL '92. Probably deserves a (short) mentioning there. —Ruud 04:23, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy delete per Kuguar03. —Tim Pierce (talk) 03:10, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• comment A7 is "A7. No indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content)." and does not apply to this kind of articles. Christian75 (talk) 21:58, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - N significant coverage in reliable sources. It appears to have been part of some research project within HP. [1]. -- Whpq (talk) 17:31, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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