What makes "FOCAL" FOCAL?

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(04-13-2020 09:16 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote:  Just having alphanumeric capabilities doesn't seem enough of a difference to merit having a name assigned.

Is there anything else that distinguishes the 41's programming semantics and features from those of earlier models? As near as I can tell, it's just a flavor of "keystroke programming", with some added usability features (mostly supplied by the alphanumeric capabilities) such as longer and more varied label names, textual display of operations (vs. key codes), etc. Anything else?

If that's all there is, then from a linguistic point of view, I agree that it hardly qualifies as a "new" language (though from a popularity and marketing angle, it arguably warrants some kind of moniker).