Hmmm, are we comparing languages a little bit here? When I was an undergraduate student at Ga. Tech (many years ago) the school computer was a Burroughs 5500. When I went back for my Masters in Computer Science that machine was the Computer Science Department's play toy. It was an interesting machine since it had plug-n-play before plug-n-play. You'd create a small gen with necessary devices like the card reader and punch. Then when you IPL'd the system would just look around to determine what other devices were attached to it. The language used was ALGOL. In fact the operating system itself was written in ALGOL. I always felt that it was a very powerful language and was sorry it didn't catch on better.
Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: (fwd) Re: Is IT becoming extinct? > > >"PL/1 is the UnCOBOL" > > When I was a UofW student in the mid-1970's, they offered a PL/I course, > but (for some reason) it was a non-credit course for Math/CS students. > > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ***************************************************************************** If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. ***************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
