Isn't DB2 written in PL/I? -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: assembler question (strong typing)
In a recent note, john gilmore said: > Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:10:14 +0000 > > I, for one, loathe strong typing. In my own code I do data-type punning > routinely, and I should not wish to see the HLASM converted into as C-lilke > language that made this gratuitously difficult. > Certainly data-type punning is possible in C; entire oerating systems have been written in C, which would be impossible otherwise. (What prevalent operating systems are written in PL/I?). And one programmer's "gratuitously difficult" might be another progammer's merely "explicit"? I know practically no PL/I. How is data-type punning achieved in PL/I? If it's anything less than explicit, I can't imagine that ambiguities could be avoided. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
