PLNews: Programming Language News

PL/I for GCC 0.0.15 has been released. It is a PL/I front-end for the GNU Compiler Collection.

This release includes: parser stack restructuring, improved interfacing with the preprocessor, improved error messages, and other changes.

PL/I for GCC 0.0.14 has been released. It is a PL/I front-end for the GNU Compiler Collection.

This release includes: synchronization with GCC 4.3, the addition of location information to most messages, support for the '~' character as the 'not' operator, and other changes.

IBM Enterprise PL/I for z/OS V3.6 has been announced (~50 KB .pdf). "Enterprise PL/I is a leading-edge, z/OS-based compiler that helps you create and maintain mission-critical, line-of-business PL/I applications you want to execute on your z/OS systems."

This release includes: DB2 V9 support, performance enhancements, quality improvements, and other changes.

pl1gcc 0.0.13 has been released. pl1gcc is a PL/1 front-end for the GNU Compiler Collection.

This release includes: improved internal documentation, improved diagnostic messages, support for the preprocessor %GOTO statement, and other changes.

pl1gcc 0.0.12 has been released. pl1gcc is a PL/1 front-end for the GNU Compiler Collection.

This release includes: a reentrant scanner, a reentrant parser, support for parsing procedures and their parameters, improved internal documentation, several syntax changes, friendlier compiler output, plus other changes.

pl1gcc 0.0.11 has been released. pl1gcc is a PL/1 front-end for the GNU Compiler Collection.

This release includes: a new preprocessor infrastructure, improved Cygwin installation instructions, syncronization with GCC 4.2, plus other changes.

IBM Enterprise PL/I for z/OS V3.5 has been announced. The planned availability date is November 11, 2005.

This release includes debugging improvements, compiler and generated code performance improvements, more diagnostic messages, plus other enhancements and changes.