Darn, I lost the post with the original link to the PL/I download, and now I can't find it. Can somebody help me out?
I love PL/I, it's the first language I learned, back in 1975, and it's still my first choice when it's available. (Well, actually I learned the TI-59 Calculator's language even earlier, but I'm not sure it counts! (It was a fun little machine though!)) Cheers Ron Davis Security and Mainframe Support Dept of Veterans' Affairs -----Original Message----- From: Bernd Oppolzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 7:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Progress on PL/1 for Linux APL is still heavily used by insurance companies to calculate their non-standard insurances for large companies, where the normal routines won't work due to special conditions etc. APL development is very fast compared to other (compiled) languages. I don't do it myself, but I am told so by lots of colleagues. Regards Bernd Am Mit, 07 Jul 2004 schrieben Sie: > Hello (again) from Gregg C Levine > I know, I could feel the stirring all the way here.............<BG> > > Seriously though, what's wrong with APL? It's got a good history > behind it, a good track record behind it. Granted it has a less then > stellar acceptance record, and its syntax is strange, and the only use > that I can remember was in the construction of the S/360, and S/370 > families. > ------------------- > Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi > "Use the Force, Luke." Obi-Wan Kenobi > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 IMPORTANT: Notice to be read with this E-mail 1. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. 2. This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential information for the use of the intended recipient. 3. If you are not the intended recipient, please: contact the sender by return e-mail, to notify the misdirection; do not copy, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on this e-mail; and delete and destroy all copies of this e-mail. 4. Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and are not a statement of Australian Government policy unless otherwise stated. 5. Any electronic address published in this message is not to be taken as a conspicuous publication of that electronic address. The Department of Veterans' Affairs does not consent to the receipt of "commercial electronic messages" as that term is defined in the Spam Act 2003. 6. If you do not wish to receive further emails of this type from the Department of Veterans' Affairs, please forward your reply to this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'Unsubscribe' in the subject line. 7. Finally, please do not remove this notice, so that any other readers are aware of these restrictions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
