Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Niklas Karlsson Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: evolution of bytes, The joy of FORTRAN Date: 4 Mar 2025 12:02:32 GMT Organization: Department of Redundancy Department Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <1342120109.762702202.379609.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> X-Trace: individual.net h8/DL91RD5l/JDNKiOF4AgqIorIn28rvRGOTBxNlTqmgMREgmm Cancel-Lock: sha1:ygt1IrbpI89eNbAwz7v56YipF+s= sha256:AMHQSq4wYP3ApwepAN3V4i3U6LxpvSHzK71u882JOrA= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:230342 comp.os.linux.misc:66037 On 2025-03-04, c186282 wrote: > > Some outfit called 'Iron Spring' does have a Linux-compat > PL/I compiler. It was an "and the kitchen sink" language > kinda in the BASIC/FORTRAN idiom. Whatever it was, you > could do it several ways. "Flexible" would be the modern > salesman's term. > > http://www.iron-spring.com/ Iron Spring is none other than a.f.c's own Peter Flass. Niklas -- IF IF = THEN THEN THEN = ELSE; ELSE ELSE = IF ; -- Norman deForest explains the joys of PL/I