<s>
Work	B-Language
Flow	I-Language
Language	I-Language
,	O
or	O
WFL	O
(	O
"	O
wiffle	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
process	O
control	O
language	O
for	O
the	O
Burroughs	B-Device
large	I-Device
systems	I-Device
,	O
including	O
the	O
Unisys	O
ClearPath/MCP	B-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
Master	B-Application
Control	I-Application
Program	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
soon	O
after	O
the	O
B5000	O
in	O
1961	O
,	O
WFL	O
is	O
the	O
ClearPath	O
equivalent	O
of	O
the	O
Job	B-Application
Control	I-Application
Language	I-Application
(	O
JCL	O
)	O
on	O
IBM	O
mainframes	O
and	O
the	O
shell	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
of	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
WFL	O
programs	O
are	O
compiled	B-Language
to	O
binary	O
executables	O
like	O
any	O
other	O
MCP	B-Application
subject	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WFL	O
has	O
a	O
high-level	O
ALGOL-like	B-Language
readable	O
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parameters	O
are	O
also	O
real	O
HLL	O
parameters	O
,	O
not	O
the	O
$1	O
,	O
$	O
2	O
...	O
style	O
position	O
parameters	O
of	O
shell	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
WFL	O
was	O
a	O
compiled	B-Language
language	O
on	O
the	O
medium	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
not	O
it	O
would	O
trigger	O
a	O
recompile	B-Language
of	O
the	O
object	O
using	O
the	O
source	O
embedded	O
in	O
the	O
object	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
