A friend writes: In a conversation elsewhere I mentioned the oops between JCL using /* as end of dataset and PL/I using /* */ for comment brackets - meaning that PL/I had to start in column 2 to prevent a comment from being interpreted as JCL. Oopsie. Does anyone remember which came first? There was some rumor that I no longer remember that one group didn't like the other group so some of this done on purpose.
I've never heard this, which proves nothing much, but leads me to ask: anyone else here ever heard it? I'd've guessed JCL came first, since PL/I was still in development as of December 1964 per the Wikipedia page. But this is the right place to get some answers (or at least opinions)! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
