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A language introduced in 1972 by Gary Kildall to allow development of computer programs for 4 and 8 bit microcomputers, full name being '''Programming Language for Microcomputers'''. Initially a very minimalistic version of [[PL/I]] that lacked even a standard I/O but later versions added features from sundry languages, which makes the latter PL/M releases somewhat unlike PL/I in many respects. Kidall sold the rights to his compiler to [[Intel]] who sold a version of the language for about 30 years mainly targeting the embedded market, but in addition he used the language to develop the [[CP/M]] operating system and used it as the main development language of [[Digital Research]] until the mid 80's. Digital released a PL/I compiler at the end of the decade for CP/M that implemented a properly defined subset of the language and that toolkit was later ported to [[DOS]]. | A language introduced in 1972 by Gary Kildall to allow development of computer programs for 4 and 8 bit microcomputers, full name being '''Programming Language for Microcomputers'''. Initially a very minimalistic version of [[PL/I]] that lacked even a standard I/O but later versions added features from sundry languages, which makes the latter PL/M releases somewhat unlike PL/I in many respects. Kidall sold the rights to his compiler to [[Intel]] who sold a version of the language for about 30 years mainly targeting the embedded market, but in addition he used the language to develop the [[CP/M]] operating system and used it as the main development language of [[Digital Research]] until the mid 80's. Digital released a PL/I compiler at the end of the decade for CP/M that implemented a properly defined subset of the language and that toolkit was later ported to [[DOS]]. | ||
==Implementations== | |||
;CP/M | |||
* Intel PL/M-80 | |||
;DOS | |||
* Intel PL/M-86 | |||
==Text Editor Support== | |||
* [[Lugaru Epsilon]] - PL/M syntax highlighting and autoindent available as a seperate download. | |||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 29 January 2017
A language introduced in 1972 by Gary Kildall to allow development of computer programs for 4 and 8 bit microcomputers, full name being Programming Language for Microcomputers. Initially a very minimalistic version of PL/I that lacked even a standard I/O but later versions added features from sundry languages, which makes the latter PL/M releases somewhat unlike PL/I in many respects. Kidall sold the rights to his compiler to Intel who sold a version of the language for about 30 years mainly targeting the embedded market, but in addition he used the language to develop the CP/M operating system and used it as the main development language of Digital Research until the mid 80's. Digital released a PL/I compiler at the end of the decade for CP/M that implemented a properly defined subset of the language and that toolkit was later ported to DOS.
Implementations
- CP/M
- Intel PL/M-80
- DOS
- Intel PL/M-86
Text Editor Support
- Lugaru Epsilon - PL/M syntax highlighting and autoindent available as a seperate download.
Publications
- McCracken: A Guide to PL/M Programming for Microcomputer Applications - Addison-Wesley 1978, ISBN 0-201-04575-3