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:
HMS Porpoise (1799) HMS Porpoise (1799) HMS "Porpoise" was a 12-gun sloop originally built in Bilbao, Spain, as the packet ship "Infanta Amelia". On 6 August 1799 HMS "Argo" captured her off the coast of Portugal. "Porpoise" wrecked in 1803 on the North coast of what was then part of the Colony of New South Wales, now called Wreck Reefs, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. "Porpoise" was commissioned in October 1799 under Lieutenant William Scott as a storeship for New South Wales. She sailed in April and arrived on 7 November 1800 in Port Jackson. She carried a selection of useful European