PL/I (D) came with DOS/360 and PL/I (F) came with OS/360. It wasn't until the "Optimizing" compiler that IBM started charging.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Bob Bridges [robhbrid...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 9:32 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PL/I question 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
