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- Subject: PL/I and C
- Date: 22 Feb 1996 18:26:54 +1100
- Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
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- Approved-By: mpressel@RESEARCH.WESTLAW.COM
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 16:03:05 -0600
- From: Mike Presseller <mpressel@research.westlaw.com>
-
- Hi,
-
- I am in the process of evaluating the development of Mainframe applications
- using C/370 and PLI under MVS. The applications being developed include text
- conversions, database maintenance and development, and other I/O intensive
- routines. I am trying to determine the pros and cons of each language in
- regards to functionality, performance, ease of use, etc...
-
- Has anyone done a similar type of comparison or have any input on either
- language in regards to their advantages and disadvantages? Any input would be
- greatly appreciated.
-
- Thanks.
-
- ---This is one of the areas where PL/I excells -- viz, I/O.
- It supports a wide range of file access methods, and where
- high volume is required, efficient mechanisms for minimizing
- data movements during I/O.
-
- The access methods include sequential and random (i.e. keyed),
- and there is provision for dealing with records of differing
- sizes as well as, of course, fixed sizes.
-
- PL/I provides a built-in function for TRANSLATE that can be used
- for text conversions. If you are using foreign languages,
- there's provision for double-byte characters.
-
- For text handling, there are varying-length strings as well as
- fixed-length strings.
-
- Robin Vowels
-