I vaguely remember from about a million years ago someone saying that the Gerber Scientific photoplotter format was based on the Gerber Garment fabric cutter programming. 

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On 17 Mar 2009 at 16:41, Ahne Oosterhof wrote:

> A number of weeks ago there were some questions about the Gerber
> language. Those made me believe that a lot is not known about this
> language. To help undo this, here is:
> 

See also on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerber_File

looks like a rather comprehensive summary about history etc. of 
gerber format.
The linked document at 
http://www.artwork.com/gerber/274x/rs274xrevd_e.pdf is also mentioned 
in wikipedia

Best regards
Matthias Mansfeld

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