<s>
Filetab	B-Language
is	O
a	O
decision	O
table-based	O
computer	O
programming	O
language	O
widely	O
used	O
in	O
business	O
in	O
the	O
1960s	O
and	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Filetab	B-Language
has	O
a	O
long	O
history	O
,	O
originally	O
designed	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1960s	O
and	O
descended	O
from	O
the	O
DETAB	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Filetab	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
Computing	O
Centre	O
(	O
NCC	O
)	O
and	O
originally	O
used	O
on	O
ICL	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
GEORGE	B-General_Concept
2/3	I-General_Concept
and	O
VME	B-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
ported	O
to	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
architect	O
of	O
Filetab	B-Language
was	O
Tom	O
Barnard	O
,	O
who	O
developed	O
the	O
program	O
(	O
LITA	O
-	O
LIst	O
and	O
TAbulate	O
)	O
for	O
Morgan	O
Crucible	O
when	O
employed	O
by	O
them	O
as	O
a	O
programmer	O
on	O
an	O
ICL	O
1902	O
from	O
1965	O
–	O
1968	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
purpose	O
was	O
to	O
produce	O
simple	O
ad	O
hoc	O
reports	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
created	O
with	O
a	O
plugboard	O
on	O
a	O
punched	B-Architecture
card	I-Architecture
tabulator	O
,	O
bypassing	O
the	O
necessity	O
to	O
write	O
an	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
program	O
in	O
PLAN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
those	O
days	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
concern	O
by	O
Morgan	O
's	O
regarding	O
ownership	O
or	O
copyright	O
when	O
Barnard	O
left	O
to	O
further	O
develop	O
the	O
software	O
as	O
Filetab	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
facing	O
financial	O
difficulty	O
NCC	O
sold	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Filetab	B-Language
to	O
a	O
newly	O
formed	O
company	O
"	O
NCC	O
Filetab	B-Language
Limited	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Managing	O
Director	O
of	O
NCC	O
Filetab	B-Language
Limited	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
Managing	O
Director	O
of	O
NCC	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
although	O
NCC	O
Filetab	B-Language
Limited	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
similarity	O
of	O
its	O
name	O
,	O
was	O
not	O
owned	O
by	O
NCC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
in	O
8086	O
Assembler	B-Language
for	O
IBM	O
PCs	O
and	O
compatibles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
was	O
produced	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
which	O
although	O
free	O
to	O
use	O
was	O
not	O
Open	O
Source	O
and	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
,	O
drawing	O
some	O
criticism	O
from	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Software	O
Community	O
.	O
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