Course Description (By Curriculum)
2 to 3 hours
Application programmers who maintain and develop commercial and scientific PL/1 programs
Knowledge of programming concepts and experience with mainframe system architecture
After completing this course, the student will be able to identify:
• How to debug a PL/1 program
• How to use PL/1 coding techniques
Reasons for Program Errors
Error Handling Routines
Language Environment Services
Compiler Listing Options
Run-time Options
ON Condition Error Handling
Dumps and Their Options
Interactive Debug Tool
Allocating and Freeing Storage
Using Locator Qualifiers
Multiple Generation of Storage
Pointer Usage
DISPLAY and REPLY processing
Controlling Arithmetic Precision
Converting Data Types
PL/1 Internal Sort Routines
E15 and E35 Sort Exits
