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The '''PL/P programming language''' (an acronym of '''''P'''rogramming '''L'''anguage for '''P'''rime (computers)'') is a medium-level [[programming language|language]] developed by [[Prime Computer]] to serve as their second primary [[operating system]] programming language after [[Fortran IV]].

Additions to the [[PRIMOS]] operating system for [[Prime 50]] Series [[computer]]s was written mostly in [[PL/P]] in later years. Certain PRIMOS modules written during PRIMOS's early years in Fortran IV were rewritten in PL/P. PL/P was the most widespread compiled programming language used for commercial PRIMOS [[application software|applications]]s, outpacing the use of the Prime [[C compiler]], the [[Combined Programming Language|CPL]] scripting language, and the Fortran IV compiler in commercial applications.