Description

This course introduces the features of PL/1. The lectures cover concepts and syntax for each topic as well as its uses and applications.

Audience

Programmers.

Prerequisite

COBOL or C, TSO or CMS, and an on-line source editor.

Objectives

Students will be able to:

• compile, test, and modify PL/1 programs
• understand PL/1 data formats and organization
• appreciate the flexibility of operational expressions and built-in functions
• use control statements to create structured PL/1 programs
• perform I/O operations using Record I/O and basic Stream I/O
• modularize program tasks as subroutines