From: arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Parser generator Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:06:55 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <12-01-013@comp.compilers> References: <12-01-009@comp.compilers> <12-01-010@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1326316236 80987 64.57.183.58 (11 Jan 2012 21:10:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:10:36 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: parse, PL/I, comment Posted-Date: 11 Jan 2012 16:10:36 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.chainon-marquant.org!feed.ac-versailles.fr!fdn.fr!usenet-fr.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!news.bbs-scene.org!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.compilers:412 glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: >Dennis Boone wrote: >One reason that I learned C was that none of the computers I was using >at the time had PL/I compilers. PL/I was much more fun to write than >Fortran 66 or even Fortran 77. Are there PL/I compilers available for modern platforms? E.g. Windows, Linux 32 and 64 bit Intel, sparc, power pc, etc.... (I see there was a start at one for GCC.) Is there a reason to prefer PL/I over C++ or Java? Just wondering. Thanks, Arnold -- Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com P.O. Box 354 Home Phone: +972 8 979-0381 Nof Ayalon Cell Phone: +972 50 729-7545 D.N. Shimshon 99785 ISRAEL [Yes, there's PL/I for a surprising array of computers. If you're doing a lot of formatted I/O it's a considerable improvement over its successors. -John]