Tony Harminc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You're not thinking of PL/360 by any chance? I believe PL/S and the others > are descendents of BSL (Basic Systems Language, which much of e.g. TSO for > MVT Release 20 was written in), and are True Blue inventions. > > PL/360 has essentially Algol syntax, while PL/S has that of PL/I.
an old pl/? thread http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2004g.html#46 PL/? History http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2004g.html#47 PL/? History there was also pl.8 developed in the 70s for 801/risc (one story is that it is 80 percent of pl/1). cp.r was written in pl.8 as was a lot of code for various 801 processors of the period. there was a large project in endicott to make the follow-on to the 4341 a 801 based chip. this was part of a effort in the period to converge the vast variety of internal microprocessors to 801. the low-end and mid-range 370s were various microprocessors that had 370 implemented in native machine microcode. there was a position paper written opposing the 801 strategy for the 4341 followon ... based on the fact that silicon chips were getting to the point where 370 could be directly implemented in silicon .. rather than a microcode layer on top of some chip silicon. i contributed to that paper. a few past posts mentioning pl/s: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2002h.html#35 Computers in Science Fiction http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2002j.html#20 MVS on Power (was Re: McKinley Cometh...) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2004m.html#6 a history question http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005e.html#1 [Lit.] Buffer overruns -- Anne & Lynn Wheeler | http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/
