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 .Sh HISTORY  .Sh HISTORY
 The RUNOFF typesetting system was written in PL/1 for the CTSS  The RUNOFF typesetting system, whose input forms the basis for
 operating system by Jerome ("Jerry") E. Saltzer in 1961.  
 It was first used as the main documentation tool by Multics since 1963.  
 Robert ("Bob") H. Morris ported it to the GE-635 and called it  
 .Nm ,  .Nm ,
 Doug McIlroy rewrote it in BCPL in 1969,  was written in MAD and FAP for the CTSS operating system by Jerome E.
 Joseph F. Ossanna rewrote it in PDP-11 assembly in 1973,  Saltzer in 1964.
 and Brian W. Kernighan rewrote it in C in 1975.  Doug McIlroy rewrote it in BCPL in 1969, renaming it
   .Nm .
   Dennis M. Ritchie rewrote McIlroy's
   .Nm
   in PDP-11 assmebly for
   .At v1 ,
   Joseph F. Ossanna improved roff and renamed it nroff
   for
   .At v2 ,
   then ported nroff to C as troff, which Brian W. Kernighan released with
   .At v7 .
   In 1989, James Clarke re-implemented troff in C++, naming it groff.
 .Sh AUTHORS  .Sh AUTHORS
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