Oh, not at all. At least in the 80s, all of the nice things were separately charged program products, and the PL/I Optimizer was definitely in that category. You could use the PL/I F compiler from MVT if you wanted and could get your hands on a copy, though, at no charge.
On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 8:32 PM Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > License fee? I always assumed PL/I sort of came with the OS. I didn't > think it'd be any extra. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. -Paul F > Crickmore, test pilot */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of CM Poncelet > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 20:59 > > AFAIK The reason PL/I was not 'more popular' was its high license fee. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
