Re: programming in PL/I

From	"Derek M. Jones" <derek@_NOSPAM_knosof.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.compilers
Subject	Re: programming in PL/I
Date	2012-01-14 14:08 +0000
Organization	virginmedia.com
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Hello,

It is interesting to hear someone stand up for PL/1 these days.
http://shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com/2011/09/25/does-the-uk-need-the-pl1-standard/

>> Is there a reason to prefer PL/I over C++ or Java?
>
> People coming from IBM envionments usually don't have any C experience but
> often do have a reasonable working knowledge of PL/I or at least exposure to
> it. PL/I is more powerful than C,

Since both are Turing complete languages how is PL/1 more powerful?

>                                   is older, has good optimizing compilers
> available,

But are they available for cpus that most people use today?

>            and I personally prefer it.

Probably the major reason why people promote the benefits of any language.
[This is getting a bit far from compiler design.  PL/I suffers and
benefits from being a kitchen sink language.  Cobol-style pictures
are really handy if you're doing formatted numeric I/O, just
strange otherwise. -John]

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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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