Talk:Software Engineers Handbook/Language Dictionary/PLI

Contributions
Thanks to Robin Vowels who contributed the original content by email. - Christine Frayda

Correction?
Isn't

do k = 1 repeat 2*i until (k &gt; 1000);

supposed to be

do k = 1 repeat 2*k until (k &gt; 1000);

with the variable k beeing used within the repeat statement?

Request of Discussion
I've decided to write some basic information about bit (1) strings into the main article and to put advanced information into a new "special" articel. About my motivation: Well, that's my point of view, I'd like to read how other people think about this.
 * I think the main article should contain basic information which enables reader to read/write PL/I programs, it shouldn't by a huge collection of very special information.
 * Simple boolean variables and NOT/AND/OR are programming fundamentals needed for programs more complex than "Hello World".
 * By my experience bit (n), n > 1 and BOOL/ALL/ANY are useful but there are many applications programmers they never needed it.

Kind regards, Wolfgang = Wzwz (talk) 18:31, 8 June 2009 (UTC) ( who will be absent the next 2 or 3 weeks )