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John Francis Reintjes (at chalkboard) discusses the programming language APT with Donald F. Clements (left) and Douglas T. Ross (right). Some APT commands are written on the chalkboard. Original caption: "At blackboard is John Francis Reintjes, Director of the Servo-mechanisms Laboratory; in foreground, Donald F. Clements, '55, APT project engineer; facing them, Douglas T. Ross, '54, head of the computer-applications group, describing items APT can turn out. A special language is used to instruct the computer, and some of these "APT words" are on blackboard." Used in: Technology Review Apr. 1959, p. 291.