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| title | chunk | source | category | tags | date_saved | instance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Business Communication Language | 1/1 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Business_Communication_Language | reference | science, encyclopedia | 2026-05-05T11:31:51.147438+00:00 | kb-cron |
The Common Business Communication Language (CBCL) is a communications language proposed by John McCarthy that foreshadowed much of XML. The language consists of a basic framework of hierarchical markup derived from S-expressions, coupled with some general principles about use and extensibility. Although written in 1975, the proposal was not published until 1982, and to this day remains relatively obscure.
== References ==
== External links == John McCarthy's original CBCL proposal, webified and with a 1998 appendix considering some of the then-current work going on with XML and other communications languages.