Re: PL/I, was Parser generator

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From	drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone)
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Subject	Re: PL/I, was Parser generator
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 > 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.)

There are a few commercial ones.  IBM supports Windows, OS/2, AIX I
think.  Iron Spring's is in beta and available for Linux and Windows.
One of the big compiler outfits whose identity is escaping me right
now has one for Windows, at least.

The pl1gcc effort seems to have stalled a couple of years ago.
A shame; I was looking forward to being able to use it.  (So of course
I should have contributed to help keep it going.  Sigh.)

 > Is there a reason to prefer PL/I over C++ or Java?

For the project I'm planning, "modern" isn't a valid limitation,
and C++/Java are not available on all the platforms.

In general, for new development on modern platforms, I would think
it'd be hard to guarantee long-term ability to hire programmers to
do anything in PL/I, more's the pity.

De

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Re: Parser generator drb@msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2012-01-08 11:47 -0600
  Re: Parser generator glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-08 21:58 +0000
    Re: Parser generator arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) - 2012-01-11 20:06 +0000
      Re: PL/I, was Parser generator drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2012-01-11 16:19 -0600
      Re: PL/I, was Parser generator Robert AH Prins <robert@prino.org> - 2012-01-11 23:42 +0000
      Re: programming in PL/I compilers@is-not-my.name - 2012-01-12 16:30 +0000
        Re: programming in PL/I Robert AH Prins <robert@prino.org> - 2012-01-14 09:20 +0000
        Re: programming in PL/I "Derek M. Jones" <derek@_NOSPAM_knosof.co.uk> - 2012-01-14 14:08 +0000
          Re: programming in PL/I glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-15 01:01 +0000
            Re: programming in PL/I glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-15 11:36 +0000
    Re: Parser generator for PL/I "robin" <robin51@dodo.com.au> - 2012-01-15 02:00 +1100
      Re: Parser generator for PL/I drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2012-01-14 23:40 -0600
  Re: Parser generator SLK Systems <slkpg3@gmail.com> - 2012-01-08 20:26 -0500
    Re: Parser generator glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-11 07:22 +0000
      Re: Parser generator SLK Systems <slkpg3@gmail.com> - 2012-01-11 20:28 -0500

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