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WFL has a high-level ALGOL-like readable syntax. It has none of the low-level assembler-like commands of JCL like //SYSIN DD, etc in order to connect hardware devices and open files for programs. All WFL constructs deal with the high-level abstractions of tasks and files. Parameters are also real HLL parameters, not the $1, $2... style position parameters of shell scripts.

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Unlike IBM JCL or most modern shell scripting languages, WFL is a dialect of ALGOL for writing jobs as High Level Language programs with constructs supporting high-level abstractions of tasks and files. A quality that is difficult to convey is the elegance and consistency with which it fits in the overall MCP architecture.

Although I recognize the last sentence has an essay-like or personal recollection quality, it is nonetheless the case. 72.228.177.92 (talk) 21:37, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"wiffle"or "waffle"?

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At the begining... <Work Flow Language, or WFL ("wiffle") is the process control language for the Burroughs large systems,>

Whether "wiffle" is wrong? it should be "waffle" for the pronunciation?

2015-09-10 --118.163.17.139 (talk) 01:47, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Are you making a joke? It was never pronounced any way other than wiffle. Login54321 (talk) 13:47, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why mention google?

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What is the relevance or purpose of including the google translate link to See Also? Login54321 (talk) 13:55, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]