Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!news.ripco.com!news.lightlink.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Michael S Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.compilers,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Architecture / Instruction Set / Language co-design. Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:16:18 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 17 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <11-07-032@comp.compilers> References: <989ajaF4u9U1@mid.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: gal.iecc.com 1311403112 68068 64.57.183.58 (23 Jul 2011 06:38:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:38:32 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: history, RPG Posted-Date: 23 Jul 2011 02:38:32 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.arch:2666 comp.compilers:208 On Jul 15, 1:57 am, Andrew Reilly wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:37:53 -0400, Roberto Waltman wrote: > > Recently I've become (very) interested in Wirth's Lilith/Modula-2 > > workstation, which leads me to ask: > > > What other systems were developed in a similar fashion? > > > That is, to support mainly one language with the language guiding the > > architectural design. > > Bit of a stretch, perhaps: the AS-400 series of minis vs ?Cobol? ?PL/1? > RPG. Never touched AS/400 myself. From what I heard from friends back in early 90s, RPG was considered the HLL of choice on this machines.