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From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady)
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Subject: Re: PL/I on the PC? Do they exist?
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Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 10:10:28 EST
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Digital Research has a version of PL/I for the PC.  I have not had much
experience with it, but I was disappointed to discover that unlike full
PL/I, arrays must be dimensioned by constant expressions.  This makes it
weaker than most microcomputer versions of Pascal for matrix math.  I'd
strongly recommend looking over the manual before buying it -- there are
other differences that may make it very disappointing for serious PL/I
fans.

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D Gary Grady
Duke University Computation Center, Durham, NC  27706
(919) 684-4146
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