From: Stuff Received <stuff@riddermarkfarm.ca>
To: tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: [TUHS] Re: The 'usage: ...' message. (Was: On Bloat...)
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 13:40:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f6a54237-fd9b-9582-104c-42ea7a9a6172@riddermarkfarm.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKzdPgyr25oP2GP90H0r6U2H6SJjNMxhoWZ6JZmHsrapogYNoQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 2024-05-19 20:58, Rob Pike wrote:
> The Cornell PL/I compiler, PL/C, ran on the IBM 360 so of course used
> batch input. It tried automatically to keep things running after a
> parsing error by inserting some token - semicolon, parenthesis, whatever
> seemed best - and continuing to parse, in order to maximize the amount
> of input that could be parsed before giving up. At least, that's what I
> took the motivation to be. It rarely succeeded in fixing the actual
> problem, despite PL/I being plastered with semicolons, but it did tend
> to ferret out more errors per run. I found the tactic helpful.
>
> -rob
>
Possibly way off topic but Toronto allowed anyone to run PL/C decks for
free, which I often did. One day, they decided to allow all of the card
to be read as text and my card numbers generated all sorts of errors.
(At least easily fixed by a visit the card punch.)
S.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-20 17:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-19 23:08 [TUHS] " Douglas McIlroy
2024-05-20 0:58 ` [TUHS] " Rob Pike
2024-05-20 3:19 ` arnold
2024-05-20 3:43 ` Warner Losh
2024-05-20 4:46 ` arnold
2024-05-20 9:20 ` [TUHS] A fuzzy awk. (Was: The 'usage: ...' message.) Ralph Corderoy
2024-05-20 11:58 ` [TUHS] " arnold
2024-05-20 13:10 ` Chet Ramey
2024-05-20 13:30 ` [TUHS] Re: A fuzzy awk Ralph Corderoy
2024-05-20 13:48 ` Chet Ramey
2024-05-20 3:54 ` [TUHS] Re: The 'usage: ...' message. (Was: On Bloat...) Bakul Shah via TUHS
2024-05-20 14:23 ` Clem Cole
2024-05-20 17:30 ` Greg A. Woods
2024-05-20 20:10 ` John Levine
2024-05-21 1:14 ` John Cowan
2024-05-20 17:40 ` Stuff Received [this message]
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2024-05-19 14:03 [TUHS] " Douglas McIlroy
2024-05-19 16:18 ` [TUHS] " Paul Winalski
2024-05-19 16:21 ` Paul Winalski
2024-05-19 20:42 ` Dave Horsfall
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