<s>
TELCOMP	B-Language
was	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
developed	O
at	O
Bolt	O
,	O
Beranek	O
and	O
Newman	O
(	O
BBN	O
)	O
in	O
about	O
1964	O
and	O
in	O
use	O
until	O
at	O
least	O
1974	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBN	O
offered	O
TELCOMP	B-Language
as	O
a	O
paid	O
service	O
,	O
with	O
first	O
revenue	O
in	O
October	O
1965	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
TELCOMP	B-Language
was	O
offered	O
by	O
Time	B-General_Concept
Sharing	I-General_Concept
,	O
Ltd	O
,	O
a	O
partnership	O
between	O
BBN	O
and	O
an	O
entrepreneur	O
named	O
Richard	O
Evans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
an	O
interactive	O
,	O
conversational	O
language	O
based	O
on	O
JOSS	B-Language
,	O
developed	O
by	O
BBN	O
after	O
Cliff	O
Shaw	O
from	O
RAND	B-Application
visited	O
the	O
labs	O
in	O
1964	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
NIH	O
survey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
implemented	O
on	O
the	O
PDP-1	B-Device
and	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
commercial	O
time	B-General_Concept
sharing	I-General_Concept
service	O
by	O
BBN	O
in	O
the	O
Boston	O
area	O
and	O
later	O
by	O
Time	B-General_Concept
Sharing	I-General_Concept
Ltd	O
.	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Leo	O
Beranek	O
said	O
"	O
We	O
even	O
developed	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
called	O
TELCOMP	B-Language
that	O
to	O
this	O
day	O
,	O
some	O
say	O
was	O
better	O
than	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
that	O
the	O
industry	O
adopted	O
,	O
namely	O
BASIC.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
at	O
least	O
three	O
versions	O
:	O
TELCOMP	B-Language
I	O
,	O
TELCOMP	B-Language
II	O
,	O
and	O
TELCOMP	B-Language
III	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
TOPS-10	B-Operating_System
operating	O
system	O
or	O
on	O
BBN	O
's	O
own	O
TENEX	B-Operating_System
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TELCOMP	B-Language
programs	O
were	O
normally	O
input	O
via	O
a	O
paper	O
tape	O
reader	O
on	O
a	O
Teletype	B-Application
Model	I-Application
33	I-Application
,	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
PDP	O
via	O
a	O
modem	B-Application
and	O
acoustic	O
telephone	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
later	O
derivative	O
of	O
TELCOMP	B-Language
called	O
STRINGCOMP	B-Language
was	O
oriented	O
towards	O
string	O
handling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
BBN	O
JOSS-derivative	O
called	O
FILECOMP	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
GE	O
MEDINET	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
implicit	O
file	O
handling	O
system	O
it	O
contained	O
was	O
influential	O
on	O
the	O
MUMPS	B-Language
global	O
database	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
research	O
for	O
LOGO	B-Device
was	O
carried	O
out	O
in	O
TELCOMP	B-Language
,	O
but	O
only	O
the	O
JOSS-style	O
errors	O
and	O
interaction	O
made	O
it	O
through	O
to	O
the	O
actual	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
TELCOMP	B-Language
program	O
was	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
numbered	O
lines	O
,	O
each	O
line	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
Step	O
.	O
</s>
