Early versions of the HLP system drew on the code developed by Roger Noble (Jodrell Bank) which
runs on the Alliant machine as part of the OLAF system. Additional guidance came from the MRAO
Cambridge HELP system, which runs on Norsk Data computers; listings of this software were kindly
supplied by David Titterington. Development of the HLP_COMSTR string-comparison routine was
done in collaboration with Paul Rees (Starlink Project). Brian McIlwrath and David Terrett (Starlink
Project) wrote the HLIB command procedure and the hlib
shell script respectively. The port to Unix
was carried out with the help of David Terrett, Paul Rees and Chris Clayton. Further work,
concerning use in the ADAM environment, the provision of shared libraries, and the use of the
Starlink template makefile was carried out by Alan Chipperfield and Peter Allan (Starlink
Project).
The VAX/VMS Help system was an invaluable guide in the development of the specification for the Starlink HLP package.