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Disagree with the suggestion to delete. Merging with the Burroughs Large Systems article is the better option in my opinion as WFL is a distinct enough language from JCL and was integral to a product line sold by a company of notable influence in the history of computing. This makes WFL, in my opinion, notable enough to at least include as a subsection in the aforementioned article. |
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'''Work Flow Language''', or '''WFL''' ("''wiffle''") is the [[process control]] language for the [[Burroughs large systems]], including the [[Unisys]] [[Burroughs MCP|ClearPath/MCP]] series, and their [[operating system]] [[Burroughs MCP|Master Control Program]]. Developed soon after the B5000 in 1961, WFL is the ClearPath equivalent of the [[Job Control Language]] (JCL) on [[IBM]] mainframes and the [[shell script]]s of [[Unix-like]] operating systems. Unlike JCL, WFL is a high-level structured language complete with [[subroutine]]s (procedures and functions) with [[Parameter (computer science)|arguments]] and high-level program [[control flow]] instructions. WFL programs are [[compiler|compiled]] to binary executables like any other MCP subject.
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