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Line 2: Gerard Schildberger can be reached at e-mail:     ''Gerard46@rrt.net'' <br><br> '''I learned that Gerard died on October 5th, 2021 {{mylangbegin\|<br> <big><big> computer programming languages I know   ───   or think I know </big></big> <br><br><br>}}▼ Rest in Peace! ''' : Sorry to hear of Gerard's passing. He was usually quick off the blocks in posting REXX solutions for new tasks so when he suddenly stopped posting I feared the worst. RIP. --[[User:PureFox\|PureFox]] ([[User talk:PureFox\|talk]]) 15:59, 24 May 2023 (UTC) ▲{{mylangbegin\|<br><br> <big><big> computer programming languages I know   ───   or think I know </big></big> <br><br><br>}} {{mylang\|ACP\|now decrepit}} Line 8 ⟶ 14: {{mylang\|APL\|wrote two programs, but I can't read them}} {{mylang\|BASIC\|good}} {{mylang\|BASIC (and other flavors)\|so so}} {{mylang\|BPL\| (a PL/I subset) \|one of the authors}} {{mylang\|C\|middling}} {{mylang\|C sharp\|less then C\|C#}} Line 18 ⟶ 24: {{mylang\|EXEC\|proficient}} {{mylang\|EXEC2\|proficient}} {{mylang\|FARGO\|poor, but I figured I should learn it as I was living in Fargo}} {{mylang\|FOCUS\|poor}} {{mylang\|FORTRAN\|productive, those were the days}} Line 24 ⟶ 30: {{mylang\|GML\|pretty good, wrote several CMS tomes in it}} {{mylang\|GPSS\|ok, but mostly forgotten}} {{mylang\|HPL\| (a PL/I subset) \|one of the early authors}} {{mylang\|HTML\|mostly, monkey see, monkey do}} {{mylang\|IBM assembler ~~and~~& macros (360~~, 370~~)\|was proficient, now just good}} {{mylang\|IBM assembler & macros (370)\|was pretty good, now, not so much}} {{mylang\|IBM 407 plugboard\|good enough to get a job when 407s come back}} {{mylang\|IRAP\|interactive computation with plotting, author}} {{mylang\|Java\|poor, but dangerous (big gun, ~~foot~~large feet)}} {{mylang\|JavaScript\|see the program below}} {{mylang\|JCL\|good}} {{mylang\|JOVIAL\|used it thrice}} {{mylang\|~~KEXX~~KEDIT macros\|~~proficient~~very good}} {{mylang\|KEXX (REXX under KEDIT)\|proficient}} {{mylang\|Kingston FORTRAN II\|proficient}} {{mylang\|Lisp\|was so-so, but now, not so much}} Line 50 ⟶ 58: {{mylang\|Script/VS\|good}} {{mylang\|Snobol\|was ok, but non-functional}} {{mylang\|SPS\|very good}} {{mylang\|SQL\|not so good anymore}} {{mylang\|Viatron FORTRAN IV\|was one of the authors at CUC}} {{mylang\|XEDIT macros\|very good}} {{mylangend}} Line 57 ⟶ 67: <big> ACP and PARS </big>   ─── I was part of the team that first implemented the Passenger Airline Reservation System (PARS) for a hotel/motel business   ─── a motel room is just a huge seat (chair) with a bed, alarm clock, TV (in color!), ice bucket, and a personal bathroom (with tub &and shower) with soap, shampoo, and towels,   ···   but the room doesn't fly anywhere. <br><br><br> <big> APL </big>   ─── still bemuses me.       I once read in   ''The  IBM  Journal''   on an article on '''APL''' that the article's author wrote a 2-line APL program that validated chess moves (except for queening and castling).   He said he could have condensed the 2-liner into a 1-liner,   but then it would be harder to read. ~~    Funniest thing I ever read in an   ''The IBM Journal''   article. <br><br><br>~~▼ <br>Funniest thing I ever read in an   ''The IBM Journal''   article. <br><br><br> <big> BPL </big>   ─── (<u>B</u>asic <u>P</u>rogramming <u>L</u>anguage)   was a Honeywell   (co-developed with a Japanese company)   developed subset of the IBM PL/I language   (I was one of a dozen or so BPL programmers/authors at Honeywell). <br><br><br> ▲<big> APL </big>   ─── still bemuses me.       I once read in   ''The IBM Journal''   on an article on '''APL''' that the article's author wrote a 2-line APL program that validated chess moves (except for queening and castling).   He said he could have condensed the 2-liner into a 1-liner,   but then it would be harder to read.     Funniest thing I ever read in an   ''The IBM Journal''   article. <br><br><br> <big> ~~BPL~~HPL </big>   ─── (<u>BH</u>~~asic~~oneywell <u>P</u>rogramming <u>L</u>anguage)   was a ~~Honeywell~~ subset of ~~the~~ PL/I ~~language~~  (similar to above)   and was to be used for Honeywell's new computer   (Icode name unknown)   ───   it was ~~one~~never built, but from what I could glean from the specs, it would have used HPL as it's native [machine] language and seemed to have some of athe ~~dozen~~characteristics orof soIBM's '''FS''' ~~programmers/authors~~system   (and apparently, suffered the same fate). <br>'''FS''' = '''F'''uture '''S'''ystem. <br><br><br> <big> IBM 407 plugboard </big>   ─── can't be many of us plugboard programmers left.   I still have a tie-clip made from a small jumper plug.   I guess that makes me older than dinosaurs.   Plug boards make steampunk seem old. <br><br><br>▼ <big> HPL </big>   ─── (<u>H</u>oneywell <u>P</u>rogramming <u>L</u>anguage)   was a subset of PL/I   (similar to above)   and was to be used for Honeywell's new computer   (code name unknown)   ───   it was never built, but from what I could glean from the specs, it would have used HPL as it's native [machine] language and seemed to have some of the characteristics of IBM's '''FS''' system   (and apparently, suffered the same fate). <br><br><br> <big> Kingston FORTRAN II </big>   ─── (locally called FORTRAN 2.5)   was for the IBM 1620 with a lot of FORTRAN IV capability.   It supported floating point arithmetic even if the (optional) hardware feature for floating point wasn't installed. <br><br><br> ▲<big> IBM 407 plugboard </big>   ─── can't be many of us plugboard programmers left. <br><br><br> <big> ~~Kingston~~SPS ~~FORTRAN~~(Symbolic IIProcessing System) </big>   ─── ~~(locally called FORTRAN 2.5)  ~~ was ~~for~~ the IBM 1620 ~~with a lot of FORTRAN IV capability.   It supported floating point arithmetic even if the (optional) hardware feature for floating point wasn't installed~~assembler. <br><br><br> <big> Viatron FORTRAN IV </big>   ─── was the FORTRAN compiler for the Viatron home computer   (I was one of the CUC authors of the compiler and libraries;   CUC was the ''Computer Usage Company'',   at that time,   the oldest software company in the USA)   and had it's fingers in writing some of the routines for IBM's  TSS,   which enabled CUC to write the first non─IBM book on writing/coding assembler for the IBM/360. <br><br><br> I also update the   [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Code <u> (English) Wikipedia page for   <big>''Rosetta  Code''</big></u>]   from time to time. <br><br><br> Line 77 ⟶ 90: <big><big><big>A JavaScript program to present a toggle switch (on a bar) for syntax highlighting: on Rosetta Code:</big></big></big> This will allow you to turn on/off syntax highlighting for any computer programming language entry   (that uses a   <b><big><nowiki><lang xxx></nowiki></big></b>)   on a case by case basis.