PL/I uses column one for a carriage control while JCL requires a / in column one, so this was never a problem
On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 10:09 PM Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> wrote: > > 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 -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
