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From: drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone)
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Subject: Re: ancient PL/I, was fledgling assembler programmer
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 22:51:32 +0000
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 > OK, the IBM PL/I (F) compiler, for what many consider a bloated
 > language, is designed to run (maybe not well) in 64K.
 > At the end of every compilation it tells how much memory was
 > used, how much available, and how much to keep the symbol table
 > in memory.

It's... 30-some passes, iirc?

De
[Well, phases or overlays but yes, IBM was really good at slicing compilers
into pieces they could overlay. -John]