> Another obvious solution was to use C to compile a basic compression and decompression tool. However, C wasn’t available—buying it would have been expensive a

> Another obvious solution was to use C to compile a basic compression and decompression tool. However, C wasn’t available—buying it would have been expensive as well! I would have thought in the (IBM) mainframe world, PL/I (or PL/S) would have been the obvious choice.