From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 5240676d for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2018 13:06:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C18B1A20BC; Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:06:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4F7EA1A98; Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:06:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E09E5A1A98; Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:06:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta18p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta18p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.82]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2D6D9A1A90 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:06:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep18p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20180902130620.NHNN24579.viclafep18p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:06:20 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedtjedrheeggdeivdcutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvfftteenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedt X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (9.0.019.26-1) id 5B0418AC0EE12759 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:06:20 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w82D6J66030862 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:06:19 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id w82D6JYx030859 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:06:19 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:06:19 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <899D86D7-1601-4FDA-869A-10EC46500D0D@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] Public access multics X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Sat, 1 Sep 2018, John P. Linderman wrote: > PL/I was a language designed by a committee, and it showed. [...] I have never seen a full-blown PL/I compiler (only subsets), and I recall being told that there never will be one because it is simply impossible, given the spec. Naturally I am happy to be proven wrong on this. -- Dave