Re: Fortran question

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

Actually, Jerry, I'd prefer PL/I over C, C#, Java, etc., but IBM refused to 
do a serious implementation on the midrange platform, it's not generally 
available except by PRPQ (even though even IBM is still using it in 
currently marketed software)...  PL/I, had it been kept current, and had 
the standards committee not been allowed to disband, and had they kept it 
moving forward would have been a helluva all in one language today...But, I 
guess it gave way to forced obsolescence... :)


And, I'm sure Jon Paris would love to see PL/I back on the AS/400, uh, 
iSeries....I mean i5 (sorry Trevor :) ..(now, I need to run and hide from 
Jon...:)

Don in DC

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At 08:39 AM 2/16/2006 -0600, you wrote:
> Trevor,
>
> I've never used it, but I thought that PL/I, like Algol, was supposed to
> be a hybrid of Cobol and Fortran.  Someone else on the list would
> probably have a better idea if that's true or not.  If so, though,
> wouldn't the conversion to PL/I be a better option than to Cobol?
>
>
> Years ago I had an issue with a Cobol '74 compiler on a S/34 after
> moving from a S/3 which had a '68 compiler.  Anyway, even though it
> wasn't supported, our SE (remember those guys?) was able to get a '68
> compiler from Rochester for our /34.  Was Fortran *ever* supported on
> the AS/400 (and I use the term deliberately)?  If so, might there be an
> old (unsupported) compiler for Fortran?  But, then, it would have
> probably been for the CISC boxes.
>
>
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>
> Trevor Perry wrote:
>
> >According to your teenage memories, are there any other ways? :-)
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Al Barsa" <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 10:11 PM
> >Subject: Re: Fortran question
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Fortran is no longer supported on the iSeries.
> >>
> >>But my 360 memories (here's to senility) says that most Fortran statements
> >>cam be computed (at great CPU expense) to COBOL COMPUTE statements.  These
> >>memories are over 30 years old.
> >>
> >>Al
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> >>            "Trevor Perry"
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> >>I have a customer with a baby 36 - not the software.. but the small AS/400
> >>that was a S/36. They have one application written in FORTRAN which they
> >>would like to migrate to their iSeries.
> >>
> >>Any ideas? Anyone done this before??
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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