Also isn't it PROCEDURE? I don't remember PROC.

-rob

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 7:15 AM Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I thought it was
>
> 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 IF = THEN = ELSE;
>
> END TRY;
>
> But yeah.
>
> Best to Barry.
>
> -rob
>
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 2:23 AM Richard Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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;
> >