Re: PL/I for windows


"Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj" <urjlew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Andrew Hamilton wrote:
On Thu, 14 May 2009 15:22:22 -0500, "William M. Klein"
<wmklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From Robin in this newsgroup (in reply to one of my notes), posted

As I have asked so many times before, if you do think that IBM PL/I for
Windows is a product that you can buy (wihtOUT buying the netire RDz
"bundle" of features), then please provide an IBM product number for it.

Exactly.

To say that a PL/I for Windows is a standalone product, when it is
NOT, is simply torturing the English language. This is like former
President Clinton arguing about the exact meaning of the word "is." A
discussion that only a lawyer could love. Only problem is, this is
not a group for lawyers.

Robin, if you persist in arguing that there is a "standalone" product
called PL/I for Windows, you could easily shut us up if you provided
us with a URL, or even a part number and a price, from the current IBM
catalog, of course.

-AH
O.k RDz is a bundle, but. Is the PL/I compiler, libraries, etc part
within it a complete standalone package? i.e. will it function
without the rest of the bundle? i.e. Does the bundle partition
cleanly into sub systems?

If you purchase the entire RDz bundle then, yes

A) You may compile from a windows (dos) prompt
B) You may create executables that will run on machines with or without RDz

It is not, however, (as far as I can tell) possible to "just install" the PL/I
for Windows portion; nor is it possible to remove the "bundle" from your
machine. Either of these may be possible, but just not documented.

"Obviously" the editor/compile-listing, and "project build" facilities ARE a
part of the bundled Eclipse IDE.

--
Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com


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