S (programming language) it has the common letter used in statistical computing, and is consistent with other programming languages designed from the same institution at the time (namely the C programming language). When UNIX/32V was ported to the (then new) 32-bit DEC VAX, computing on the Unix platform became feasible for S. In late 1979, S was ported from GCOS to UNIX, which would become the new primary platform. In 1980 the first version of S was distributed outside Bell Laboratories and in 1981 source versions were made available. In 1984 two books were published by the research team at Bell Laboratories: "S:
E. S. Lloyd E. S. Lloyd Ernest Sampson Lloyd (26 May 1870 – 7 August 1945) was an Indian civil servant who served as the President of Madras Corporation from 1906 to 1910. Lloyd's Road in Chennai, India is named after him. Born in England, Lloyd was born in Wednesbury on 26 May 1870 and educated at Clifton College and Lincoln College, Oxford. He passed the Indian civil service examinations of 1893 and was appointed to the Madras cadre. Lloyd married Mary Young at Droitwich on 8 June 1899 and had three sons - William Anthony Sampson Lloyd, Philip Montague Lloyd and Charles