The selection of "best language" is subjective and IMHO it makes more sense to
talk about the best language s for specific problem domains.
I'd rank PL/I above HLASM, but must admit to supplementing my PL/I programming
with utility subroutines written in assembler.
For processing large arrays,
Mike Beer wrote on 7/7/2022 10:55 PM:
Other candidates could include PL/I - which is/was very common in Europe -
Even though I haven't written a PL/I program since college, I still
think it's the second-best language and I'm disappointed that it's
rarely used in the USA. (Best language?
HI,
Other candidates could include PL/I - which is/was very common in Europe -
and
REXX and maybe APL.
Applications that were created many years ago work with virtually no
modifications.
Best regards
Mike
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