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- From: ag129@cus.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant)
- Subject: Re: Is PL/S a dead language?
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- References: <IBM-MAIN%93010801541278@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU> <16B53DB9B.RAICER@LSTC2VM.stortek.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 12:15:25 GMT
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- In article <16B53DB9B.RAICER@LSTC2VM.stortek.com> RAICER@LSTC2VM.stortek.com (Bob Raicer) writes:
- >The point is that several people have commented in this thread that
- >PL/x is strictly for the 370/390 architecture; that perception is
- >incorrect and I was simply trying to inform them accordingly.
- >
- >Perhaps you might try being a bit more courteous.
-
- Nobody has commented that "PL/x where x stands for whatever" is only
- for the 370/390 architecture; after all, when x is 1, PL/x is an ANSI
- standard. PL.8 is a language that IBM developed for programming RISCs
- of the type they use in channel controllers. PL/2 was an interpreted
- and simplified form of PL/1, now better known under the name "Rexx".
- But if you want to claim that PL/AS is used for anything other than
- 370/390 programming, please could you provide evidence?
-