x: proc options(main);
put skip list('What's Wrong with PR1ME?');
put skip;
end x;
/* sorry, couldn't resist */
I mean, you make it sound like the wonderful combination of Fortran IV, PL/I (PL/1G, PL/P & SPL), Pascal & BASIC (BASICV too) weren't enough!
Sheesh, this is perfectly resonable:
OK, plp B_test0.pli
[PLP rev 19.2]
BEGIN PHASE-1
BEGIN PHASE-3
0001 ERRORS (PL/P rev 19.2)
MAXIMUM ERROR SEVERITY LEVEL=3
TRANSLATION FAILED.
ER,
Ok, ok, I'll stop. Honest.
> Think of 9vx and lguest and friends as "software tools". "Softwareyes, but that was when the underlying system was System 370, VMS, PRIME, GCOS, ...
> tools" did a lot to popularize the ideas of Unix, and made it easier
> for people to consider using the real thing.
which didn't do all that much for you. now the underlying system has all the fun.
(unless you need to program it.)