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- From: djones@starbase.neosoft.com (djones)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: PL/I and C
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- Date: 26 Feb 1996 20:16:14 GMT
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- WRowe0521 (wrowe0521@aol.com) wrote:
- : -- 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...
-
- : I think all responses to this post have missed an essential point.
- : Since these are mainframe applications we may reasonably assume that they
- : are large, and will be around for some time, probably longer than anyone
- : expects at present. The essential problem with PL/I, despite its many fine
- : qualities as a language, is that the necessary support personnel are
- : simply not available, unlike the vast armies of COBOL and C people. Indeed
- : , all the signs are that their number is likely to diminish in future, and
- : those that remain will charge the earth if they have any sense.
-
-
- "..charge the earth.." ? I'm afraid I'm missing your point here, Bill.
- Can you elaborate?
-
- : Bill Rowe
- Dave Jones
- Velocity Software
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