Re: PL/1 to C translator?

vinall@VNET.IBM.COM (Paige Vinall)
Sun, 11 Sep 1994 23:30:44 GMT

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From: vinall@VNET.IBM.COM (Paige Vinall)
Keywords: PL/I
Organization: PL/I Development, IBM
References: 94-08-157
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 1994 23:30:44 GMT

Greg_Strauss_at_EPS-Victoria@epssmtp.eps.bc.ca writes:
>I have a project where I need to translate a whack of PL/1 code
>written about 15 years ago into C.


In general, it is difficult to translate PL/I to C. There are too
many PL/I features not found in C, such as condition handling,
refer, generic, adjustable array extents, controlled variables,
bit strings, complex arithmetic, packed decimal, areas, indexed
files, a more advanced preprocessor, scaled arithemtic, pictures, etc.


Have you considered using PL/I on OS/2? Would PL/I on AIX solve
your problem?


Paige Vinall - PL/I Development Manager, IBM
Internet: vinall@vnet.ibm.com, Phone: (408) 463-2106
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