The PL/I Language

Long considered strictly a mainframe language, PL/I is now the focus of renewed interest, particularly in view of its acknowledged security advantages over C. New compilers are available or under development on a range of platforms, and software is being ported to PL/I.

		Description of PL/I.
		PL/I Compilers and Tools.
		PL/I Bibliography of books and articles.
		PL/I Programming Style Guide.
		The PL/I Family.
		PL/I Virtual Reference Library. (Index of manuals)
		PL/I Virtual Source Archive.
		Some PL/I for OS/2 code.

Selected Links to other PL/I sites

	Robin Vowels has a comprehensive site including the PL/I FAQ, the PL/I Newsletter, links, and source code. [mirror here at http://home.roadrunner.com/~pflass/mirrors/robin_v/index.html]
	IBM offers downloads, sample code, and PL/I manuals in Adobe PDF format.
	The PL1GCC project at SourceForge is developing a PL/I front-end for the open-source Gnu Compiler Collection (gcc).
	CBTTAPE.ORG maintains the SHARE PL/I modifications library.
	The VM Workshop maintains a tools archive with some PL/I-related material.
	Detailed comparison of PL/I and C by Eberhard Sturm.
	"Teaching the Fatal Disease (or) Introductory Computer Programming Using PL/I" by Richard C. Holt
	Multicians.org presents information on the history and features of the PL/I compilers used to build the Multics Operating System.
	MIT Information on the Multics operating system including full source in PL/I.
	PL/I Bulletins, 1966-1969.
	Suggest a link.

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