[Info-vax] PL/I reference book

[Tom Linden]

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:15:44 -0700, H Vlems <hvlems at freenet.de> wrote:

> On 12 mrt, 13:12, "Tom Linden" <t... at kednos.company> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:31:50 -0700, H Vlems <hvl... at freenet.de> wrote:
>> > Actually this is really just a question for Tom Linden, but others
>> > might be interested in the answer too so here goes. I haven't used PL/
>> > I since 1982 and the only manual I've got is a Burroughs B7700 PL/I
>> > reference manual.
>> > I want to relearn the language and the question is whether there is a
>> > tutorial PL/I, still available/in print, that you could recommend?
>> > Hans
>>
>> You can download the Language Reference and User Guide from our site.
>>
>> Also, Eberhard Sturm has just translated his german language version
>> into english, I edited one of the chapters.
>>
>> "The new PL/I"
>>
>> has been published. You can order it directly from publisher
>> Vieweg+Teubner or from any online seller using ISBN code
>>
>>     978-3-8348-0726-7.
>>
>> These sites have some  
>> linkshttp://www.softpanorama.org/Lang/pl1.shtmlwww.kednos.com
>>
>> Here is IBM's  
>> documentationhttp://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/pli/plizos/library/
>>
>> We have added a feature to the compiler which will translate
>> PL/I declarations to Java classes.
>>
>> It is available for hobbyists.  Runs on VAX and Alpha, image
>> translator available for Itanium.
>>
>> --
>> PL/I for OpenVMSwww.kednos.com
>
> Thank you all for replying. I'd found the manuals on Kednos but was
> looking for a tutorial.
> The book by Hughes is just what I needed.
> Hans

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