I Want To Acquire PL/I for Windows

Markus Loew

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Sep 2, 2021, 5:36:00 AM9/2/21

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As IBM does not sell PL/I for Windows anymore, I am looking for
someone who has a licensed copy that he or she does not need anymore
and is willing to sell. Actually I am using the demo version 2.0 what I
want to replace by a more recent one. And I would also like to
acquire Language Reference Manual and Programming Guide.

Peter Flass

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Sep 2, 2021, 10:10:47 AM9/2/21

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I think the LRM and PG are online. At worst case, you could cart the PDFs
down to Staples, and they can print them double-sided and three-hole
punched if you want the dead-tree version.

--
Pete

Robin Vowels

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Sep 2, 2021, 12:44:24 PM9/2/21

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.
PL/I for Windows is still available, but you need to buy it with
Enterprise PL/I compiler for z/OS.
.
Manuals for VA PL/I are available on the web.
.
Best option might be to install Ironspring PL/I, which is available free
for OS/2 and Linux.

Markus Loew

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Sep 3, 2021, 7:45:31 PM9/3/21

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1st - I know that you have to be owner of z/OS, but I am looking for a 2nd hand license of the time you did not have to be a millionaire.

2nd - I look for SC26-8001 and SC26-8003 manuals, in paper form

3rd - I extensively use preprocessing, what all other PL/I's are missing. I do not have the time to waste to find out what will work, and how to use. Half of their documentations are the list about what is not working compared to full PL/I. I prefer PL/I(F) and VA PL/I, both will full preprocessing power.

4th - I tried IS "plic":

archives@archives-X71Sr:~/Desktop/pli-0.9.10d$ ./plic pl1demo2.pli
Compiler return code was 4

archives@archives-X71Sr:~/Desktop/pli-0.9.10d$ wine plic pl1demo2.pli
Sorry, Z:\home\archives\Desktop\pli-0.9.10d\plic.exe is an OS/2 linear executable (LX) file!
winevdm: can't exec 'Z:\home\archives\Desktop\pli-0.9.10d\plic.exe': error=12

this is pl1demo2.pli

DEMO2 :
PROCEDURE OPTIONS (MAIN) ;

DECLARE
S CHARACTER (104) VARYING ,
D DECIMAL (3,1) FIXED ,
I BINARY (31) FIXED ;

OPEN FILE(SYSPRINT) PAGESIZE(62) ;
PUT STRING(S) EDIT((D DO D=-1.0 TO 1.0 BY 0.2))
(P'-9.V9',X(6)) ;
PUT FILE(SYSPRINT) EDIT('GRAD SINUS '||S,
(I,SIND(I),' '
|| SUBSTR(( 5)': ',
1,50-(SIND(I)<0)*TRUNC(0.5-50*SIND(I)))
|| SUBSTR((50) '*' ,
1, (SIND(I)<0)*TRUNC(0.5-50*SIND(I)))
|| '|'
|| SUBSTR((50) '*' ,
1, (SIND(I)>0)*TRUNC(0.5+50*SIND(I)))
|| SUBSTR(( 5)' :',
1 + (SIND(I)>0)*TRUNC(0.5+50*SIND(I)))
DO I=0 TO 360 BY 6))
(A,SKIP,F(3),X(1),P'-9.V9999') ;

END DEMO2 ;

Peter Flass

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Sep 4, 2021, 7:48:30 PM9/4/21

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Markus Loew <archives.in...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1st - I know that you have to be owner of z/OS, but I am looking for a
> 2nd hand license of the time you did not have to be a millionaire.
>
> 2nd - I look for SC26-8001 and SC26-8003 manuals, in paper form
>
> 3rd - I extensively use preprocessing, what all other PL/I's are missing.
> I do not have the time to waste to find out what will work, and how to
> use. Half of their documentations are the list about what is not working
> compared to full PL/I. I prefer PL/I(F) and VA PL/I, both will full preprocessing power.
>
> 4th - I tried IS "plic":
>
> archives@archives-X71Sr:~/Desktop/pli-0.9.10d$ ./plic pl1demo2.pli
> Compiler return code was 4
>
> archives@archives-X71Sr:~/Desktop/pli-0.9.10d$ wine plic pl1demo2.pli
> Sorry, Z:\home\archives\Desktop\pli-0.9.10d\plic.exe is an OS/2 linear
> executable (LX) file!
> winevdm: can't exec
> 'Z:\home\archives\Desktop\pli-0.9.10d\plic.exe': error
>

> this is pl1demo2.pli
>
> DEMO2 :
> PROCEDURE OPTIONS (MAIN) ;
>
> DECLARE
> S CHARACTER (104) VARYING ,
> D DECIMAL (3,1) FIXED ,
> I BINARY (31) FIXED ;
>
> OPEN FILE(SYSPRINT) PAGESIZE(62) ;
> PUT STRING(S) EDIT((D DO D=-1.0 TO 1.0 BY 0.2))
> (P'-9.V9',X(6)) ;
> PUT FILE(SYSPRINT) EDIT('GRAD SINUS '||S,
> (I,SIND(I),' '
> || SUBSTR(( 5)': ',
> 1,50-(SIND(I)<0)*TRUNC(0.5-50*SIND(I)))
> || SUBSTR((50) '*' ,
> 1, (SIND(I)<0)*TRUNC(0.5-50*SIND(I)))
> || '|'
> || SUBSTR((50) '*' ,
> 1, (SIND(I)>0)*TRUNC(0.5+50*SIND(I)))
> || SUBSTR(( 5)' :',
> 1 + (SIND(I)>0)*TRUNC(0.5+50*SIND(I)))
> DO I=0 TO 360 BY 6))
> (A,SKIP,F(3),X(1),P'-9.V9999') ;
>
> END DEMO2 ;
>
>
>

Runs on Linux or OS/2, windows is on the “to do” list. At one point windows
had an OS/2 subsystem, but i guess they got rid of it.

--
Pete

Markus Loew

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Sep 5, 2021, 10:05:42 AM9/5/21

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What do I have to do to make run DEMO2?
I have unzipped the install package and then cpoied DEMO2