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Oh yes I think you can trust whats in the notes :)
There's library and object difference between F and optimizing, but those
are procedural issues and not syntax or otherwise.
Joe
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 3:40 AM Giuseppe Vitillaro giuseppe-yuD/ahkh7LvrZ44/[email protected]
[H390-MVS] <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
> On Thu, 3 Oct 2019, Joe Monk [email protected] [H390-MVS] wrote:
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> > Peppe,
> >
> > Having actually looked at the notes, they are dated from 1975. In 1973,
> IBM
> > had the PL/I optimizing compiler, which was two releases beyond the F
> > compiler. So, these notes are probably a bit beyond the F compiler. Also,
> > the notes say that the procs used were written by the lab and not the IBM
> > supplied procs.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> Yep, I've seen that OPT parm.
>
> But I'm also reading, page "0-6":
>
> "If you encounter bugs in. the compiler, report them to the consultant!
> IBM wants to find them and fix them, because it strongly supports
> PL/I. Anyway, chances are we have a later version of the compiler
> around which we are checking before releasing it. We can tell you
> how to STEPLIB to it."
>
> So, probably, it is really near to our version? Something
> like a version up?
>
> What I'm actually trying to understand is if I can "trust"
> what I'm reading in this course will actually work with the PL/I F
> version we have available.
>
> The course, for my PL/1 level, looks really nice, the best
> I've found so far for IBM MVS.
>
> Peppe.
>
>