SCRIPT (markup)

SCRIPT, any of a series of text <a href="/facts/Markup_language/WwhlNVIu">markup languages</a> starting with Script under <a href="/facts/CP/CMS/zzHA1Rzz">Control Program-67/Cambridge Monitor System</a> (CP-67/CMS) and Script/370 under <a href="/facts/VM_(operating_system)/Ymu9SRtX">Virtual Machine Facility/370</a> (VM/370) and the <a href="/facts/Time_Sharing_Option/1jQFtL1r">Time Sharing Option</a> (TSO) of <a href="/facts/OS/VS2/VMcDqsSB">OS/VS2</a>; the current version, SCRIPT/VS, is part of <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>'s Document Composition Facility (DCF) for <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> <a href="/facts/VM/370/Ymu9SRtX">z/VM</a> and <a href="/facts/Z/OS/amLCAlgV">z/OS</a> systems. SCRIPT was developed for <a href="/facts/CP/CMS/zzHA1Rzz">CP-67/CMS</a> by <a href="/facts/Stuart_Madnick/SwqqRDx6">Stuart Madnick</a> at <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">MIT</a>, succeeding <a href="/facts/TYPSET_and_RUNOFF/vN8nQ5Uf">CTSS RUNOFF</a>.
SCRIPT is a procedural markup language. Inline commands called control words, indicated by a <a href="/facts/Period_(punctuation)/w0Ylafwn">period</a> in the first column of a logical line, describe the desired appearance of the formatted text. SCRIPT originally provided a 2PASS option to allow text to refer to variables defined later in the text, but subsequent versions allowed more than two passes.

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