Understanding "help" command description syntax - explanation needed

[Larry Martell]

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> Dave Angel wrote:
>
>> Approximately 1968 for me. I wrote programs in 1967, but didn't
>>  get to run them till 1968.
>
>
> I once used a compiler that slow too.

Yeah, I think it was made by Intermetrics. Or maybe Borland.