Re: ancient PL/I, was fledgling assembler programmer

drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone)
Fri, 24 Mar 2023 22:51:32 +0000

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From: drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 22:51:32 +0000
Organization: Compilers Central
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Keywords: PL/I, history, comment
Posted-Date: 25 Mar 2023 00:13:00 EDT

  > OK, the IBM PL/I (F) compiler, for what many consider a bloated
  > language, is designed to run (maybe not well) in 64K.
  > At the end of every compilation it tells how much memory was
  > used, how much available, and how much to keep the symbol table
  > in memory.


It's... 30-some passes, iirc?


De
[Well, phases or overlays but yes, IBM was really good at slicing compilers
into pieces they could overlay. -John]

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