Re: Fortran question -- MIDRANGE-L

Actually, Jerry, I'd prefer PL/I over C, C#, Java, etc., but IBM refused todo a serious implementation on the midrange platform, it's not generallyavailable except by PRPQ (even though even IBM is still using it incurrently marketed software)... PL/I, had it been kept current, and hadthe standards committee not been allowed to disband, and had they kept itmoving forward would have been a helluva all in one language today...But, Iguess 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 fromJon...:)


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? :-)
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>>Fortran is no longer supported on the iSeries.
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>>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.
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>>Al
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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.
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>>Any ideas? Anyone done this before??
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