From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 6998 invoked from network); 24 Nov 2021 15:22:48 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 24 Nov 2021 15:22:48 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B1A839C797; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 01:22:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F16E93D53; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 01:19:11 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="IcDRqA/5"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DD7BF93D29; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 01:19:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ot1-f45.google.com (mail-ot1-f45.google.com [209.85.210.45]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 578E493D1B for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 01:19:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ot1-f45.google.com with SMTP id b5-20020a9d60c5000000b0055c6349ff22so4703850otk.13 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 07:19:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=o4O7VC5KH/Fyj28cBJZ4nDcgudRsccXtd7Qh56Jw2HQ=; b=IcDRqA/5FRJEHjmzYxYf1HPWdlWlW32gLb0QQURw/a9mRTE1/XB5fV611AcTQhJOwN UuKCwO63TdbQ5eYjQhhSUMgCqqDMz9vBakz/GrWUwDgziMSbBGDWNf4tt5b8nIoyAkkN BEe9sLIG5VFXidde7Delc70M6QEPBOVR8nzJ/2uI5htQPdtjzcVs+V2klkw5dzxaZpYN UpqSn3w8iMLQZdUNkaDAmjade3vxB4BcEkF16HVir27G4Go10pTmJaUMW0dq4xtM7cO1 S3yfbJ1vPnVC7wqkOOjzMN69V7z4a+rJnU6uuemREtGlMfT7ZSeMat0ys5k/W/Eq/8/f hwZA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=o4O7VC5KH/Fyj28cBJZ4nDcgudRsccXtd7Qh56Jw2HQ=; b=ZjmOys3MyjkRupk2p2vkDYWVJCWGupHiJbqL3kc1p/j8t9Qm+EJgA6zHWvBDhSS0Q6 LoU9ujXWHBgg61+cjZWTgwcm7ObKZkRxa3iPJbihpcmWmggF/ArTruNuyrrviVoPtILZ RyRA1j6RAc5W6QhjTGB8tj1o+95mweHb9tgfK4JQy/gjhxSVDyG8R9ziyz0rVrTGpC6+ 4pATN6xsZigWHr/RHildMVAfES0iCuYUB2T6WNz5iBrDtLb035P8XP80h3IS+WAa1TOJ /dcdhxt38vmjfXefJLOc/vTYNvFAus+U9/MHqPUb9sygRr9WX+6d5jNYnf/5y64ep7EL u2dQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531q7JIlW4W8TFT/FtsEvlxiZCu1Xdf+QeC/6EUpzGWlHIKKmUwA EGZLEE/F/ZPYMmI15kFwP0uFVOnILvERxw4UL/I= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzTOldTspKvsscMdivEKez0fCkxjFA4388ubgsnUpKlTeq/yTln0jwSBzbD05ONkieahGN+TThjMa0EJvK18Hk= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:2085:: with SMTP id x5mr14199562ota.228.1637767147332; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 07:19:07 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Richard Salz Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:18:56 -0500 Message-ID: To: Thomas Paulsen Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000000aa8a405d18a612f" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Book Recommendation X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000000aa8a405d18a612f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I asked my pal Barry Shein, who many of you know, if he had his PL/1 syntax horror lying around, and he did. He said: "this was tested on the Iron Spring Software PL/1 compiler running on openSuSe Linux ( http://www.iron-spring.com/)" IBM still uses PL/1. Remember, the main definition of "legacy" is "revenue-producing." TRY:PROC OPTIONS(MAIN); DCL (IF,THEN,ELSE) FIXED BINARY (31); IF = 1; THEN = 2; ELSE = 3; IF IF = THEN THEN THEN = IF ; ELSE ELSE = THEN; END TRY; --0000000000000aa8a405d18a612f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I asked my pal Barry Shein, who many of you know, if = he had his PL/1 syntax horror lying around, and he did.=C2=A0 He said: &quo= t;this was tested on the Iron Spring Software PL/1 compiler running on open= SuSe Linux (http://www.iron-spring.com/)"

IBM still uses PL/1.=C2=A0 Remember, the main definition of "legacy= " is "revenue-producing."

TRY:PROC = OPTIONS(MAIN);
=C2=A0 =C2=A0DCL (IF,THEN,ELSE) FIXED BINARY (31);

=C2=A0 =C2=A0IF =3D 1;
=C2=A0 =C2=A0THEN =3D 2;
=C2=A0 =C2=A0ELSE =3D 3;

=C2=A0 =C2=A0IF IF =3D THEN THEN THEN =3D IF ; ELSE ELSE =3D THEN;

END TRY;

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