Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Robert AH Prins Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: PL/I, was Parser generator Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:42:13 +0000 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 31 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <12-01-015@comp.compilers> References: <12-01-009@comp.compilers> <12-01-010@comp.compilers> <12-01-013@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1326351774 52576 64.57.183.58 (12 Jan 2012 07:02:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:02:54 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: PL/I Posted-Date: 12 Jan 2012 02:02:54 EST 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.compilers:414 On 2012-01-11 20:06, Aharon Robbins wrote: > 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.) Yes, IBM sells a PL/I compiler for Windows, though not separately. It's part of the USD 5,800(ish) RDz product, but a free 60-day trial is available. The compiler is currently at the same level as z/OS Enterprise PL/I V4R1, but there have been rumors that the product is being deprecated, and according to the current chairman of the German GSE PL/I-Cobol group, nobody of those present at a meeting of this group in Germany last year was actually using the product when asked by one of the IBM developers... Another indication of it possibly being deprecated is the fact that IBM refuses to acknowledge a severe bug in the product, despite being told about this almost 18 months ago. Another PL/I compiler is being developed by Iron Spring Software , for Linux and OS/2(!)... Robert -- Robert AH Prins robert(a)prino(d)org