I'm fully aware of the initial name; the fact remains that IBM and SHARE looked at three languages, and that FORTRAN had the least influence of the three. Most of the language derives from Algol 60 and COBOL, and the most obvious feature from FORTRAN has gone by the wayside.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Robin Vowels [robi...@dodo.com.au] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2022 4:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PL/I question On 2022-03-28 19:10, Seymour J Metz wrote: > Exaclly, especially since Algol 60 was one of the three languages > folded into PL/I. FORTRAN, not Algol, was the starting-point for PL/I. It was even called FORTRAN VI. Features of both Algol and COBOL were incorporated into the language. > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on > behalf of David Spiegel [dspiegel...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2022 11:38 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: PL/I question > > Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH, > Like ALGOL and Pascal? > > Regards, > David > > On 2022-03-27 22:52, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> Personally, I wish that IBM had chosen ":=" for assignment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
