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From: john@jetson.UPMA.MD.US (John Owens)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: PL/M
Keywords: software development
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Date: 24 Aug 88 05:18:40 GMT
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In article <17377@gatech.edu>, ken@gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) writes:
> It is my understanding that PL/M is (or was) the system programming language
> of choice for the iAPX processors.
No, it's the systems programming language pushed by Intel for the iAPX
processors.

> Can someone offer critical commentary as to the suitibility of PL/M as
> ssystem programming language over, say, C?
No, but if I had time, I'd give some for in the other direction.

> What makes PL/M uniquely suited to programming the iAPX processors?
Nothing, except that Intel designed it and had compilers for it long
before they bought someone else's C compiler to use as "Intel C".

Don't forget compatibility with PL/M-80!
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