From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f43e6,5ac12f5a60b1bfe X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,f96f757d5586710a X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,5ac12f5a60b1bfe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Darius Blasband Subject: Re: Ariane 5 - not an exception? Date: 1996/08/08 Message-ID: <3209A6E6.17D4@phidani.be>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 172872013 references: <4t9vdg$jfb@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <31FE35BC.1A0D@sanders.lockheed.com> <4totv7$o9f@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <4u6ukd$k82@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Phidani Software, Brussels mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.pl1 x-mailer: Mozilla 2.01Gold (Win95; I) Date: 1996-08-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: ++ robin wrote: > > pmartin@alsys.com (Pascal Martin @lone) writes: > > >Which PL/I compilers are available today on Sparc/Solaris, HP700/HPUX, > >Windows/Intel and PowerPC/* ? I thought the language was dead since > >the demise of IBM mainframes and the death of (the beloved) Multics. > > PL/I is available on at least the following systems: [ Quite an impressive list of platforms deleted here ] But basically, how many of these compilers are used for other than historical purposes ? Migrating and maintaining existing applications ? How often do we see a project where virtually any tool can be used and where PL/1 happens to be chosen out of a large number of possible choices ? The fact that there are compilers available, the fact that billions of PL/1 lines are in production today will not hide a basic, ugly truth: PL/1 is one of the worst language design ever. As far as I know (or rather, as far as what I believe a good language design should be) only C++ comes close. IMHO... Darius