Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >One statement struck me as clearly incorrect is the following: > >"In contrast, most mainframe control environments, including loadable >libraries and related systems level applications, are written and >maintained very close to the hardware -- usually in PL/1 or assembler >but often with handwritten or at least "tweaked" object code -- ...
The author is right, almost. If you read "PL/1" as "PL/S", "PL/AS", "PL/X", or whatever IBM calls their internal-use-only systems programming language these days, the comment makes sense and is even correct. Most mainframe control environments (SCPs) are indeed written in PL/whatever or Assembler. Ross Patterson Computer Associates
