Re: Basic structure COBOL


"CG" <Carl.Gehr.ButNoSPAMStuff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Pete Dashwood wrote:
"Robin Lee" <robinlee@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Actually I think that's PL1.



LOL! Nice one, Robin... :-)

It almost is...

Of course, it is PL/I [not PL1], but in a thread like this, I guess close
counts... [No comment on the rest.]
Carl

Why would you correct him on the name of the language, Carl?

It was originally PL/I as you state. IBM believed everyone would move to it
so, "Program Language/ International"

When this dream failed to eventuate, they renamed it as their first attempt,
and later manuals showed "PL/1".

(I have seen IBM manuals with each of these names on the cover, depending on
when they were published.)

We have never seen, and are now unlikely to, PL/2.

Pete.



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