PLX puts a value in the IDR data that can be plainly seen in the load module.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday, January 6, 2022 1:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: JCL (was: Python ... REXX) EXTERNAL EMAIL On Thu, 6 Jan 2022 12:57:34 -0400, René Jansen wrote: >JCL ... Fred Brooks (“the worst language ever, and it happened under my >watch”) . > ... >And indeed, I think witholding PL/X from customers was a very odd move, guided >by who-knows-which motives; which did not do PL/I a lot of good, unfortunately. > I conjecture fear of competition from RCA(?) Others(?) I don't know the chronology. I have long conjectured that if IBM had opened PL/X early enough, C would have been unnecessary. A colleague told me that SuperC was coded in PL/X and runs alike on MVS and OS/2. (Was an NDA breached or could that have been inferred from eyecatchers in the modules?) -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
