>One could say the same thing about Java. That the language wasn't well
conceived.
Actually, one can make the case that NO computer language is really well-conceived.
Of all the languages I've learned over the years, none is really universal in nature
and will handle all possible situations with ease of programming. My current list of
languages includes
Fortran (my first, back in the '60's)
Cobol
Basic
RPGII (probably the worst of the bunch)
Various assembler languages for various platforms
Algol
APL (puh-LEEZE!)
PL/I (Is it fortran or cobol?)
C (but not C++)
Unix Shell Script
Rexx/Regina (My favorite)
Java
Perl
Applescript
And I find that none of them will do everything I want to. So I end up coding in
whatever language I can get the task done most quickly and easily. Sometimes it's
Rexx, sometimes it's assembler, sometimes it's fortran, sometimes it's C, sometimes
it's shell script. Makes for Job Security, because often I'll have one module call
another and they're not written in the same language and no one but me can follow it.
"An Optimist is just a pessimist with no job experience." - Scott Adams
Gordon W. Wolfe, Ph.D. Boeing Enterprise Servers 425-865-5940
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> From: James Melin
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> One could say the same thing about Java. That the language wasn't well
> conceived. That not withstanding, PL/1, like any language has its uses.
> It is not the be-all, do-all, end-all of programming languages. No language
> is. Having it available for those things that it does do well is the point
> of merit. Another tool in the toolbox.
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> Sorry, I don't share your excitement... I find it hard to get into any
> language that the defaults would allow you to add three positive numbers,
> get a result of zero, and not throw some sort of error or warning. The
> language wasn't well conceived.
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> > Hello Dave:
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> > Thanks for the info on this, PL/1 has been, for myself at least, an
> extremely flexible and robust language on OS/390 and Z/OS and it's good to
> know there's yet another option for coding on machines running LINUX.
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