Problem with PLI-2000

[wtr37]

Hello, I am new at github and I tried the PLI-2000 compiler in windows (command window) with a very simple HelloWorld programme:

Hallo: proc options(main);
put skip list('Hallo Welt!');
end Hallo;

Using PLI Helloworld it produces the same output as in the documentation (without errors).

However, it does not write "Hallo Welt" to the command window.

Could anyone please give me a hint what I am doing wrong here? My understanding is that there is no separate .exe file produced.

Kind regards,
Wilhelm Trinder

[The-Futurist]

@wtr37 - Hello Wilhem.

I haven't even looked at this old codebase for some years, so I am quite rusty myself - and I wrote it!

I think there's a link step required, I could take a look myself later too. I think the BAT file named BIND.BAT is how I did the linking.

So after doing PLI ABC try then doing BIND ABC.

This should create a file ABC.OBJ and then an exe ABC.EXE.

If I get some time today I will take a look, I haven't even got the repo on my PC anymore so don't even have the code to build it yet!

Let me know how that goes...

[wtr37]

Hello, thank you for your fast response. When I choose BIND I get an error message that a file is missing: mspdb60.dll
I used PL 1 a lot some decades ago and I would be happy to do so again.
Do not worry, I would not ask many questions for support, I just would like to get started.
Kind regards,
Wilhelm

[wtr37]

I write again. I am sorry, I am not a software developer but rather a user writing programs. I added the above dll and used:
PLI Helloworld +list +system ;
This seems to run properly without error message and creates a file Helloworld.obj (and a list file).
When I use BIND Helloworld then I get the following error message:
LINK32: error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _Helloworld
Helloworld.exe: fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
(though it does not create a file Helloworld.exe)
It seems that there is a link/reference missing (though I added the directory PL-2000-main and all sub directories to PATH).
I hope this can be fixed with minor effort.
I would be very grateful for your help.
KInd regards,
Wilhelm

[The-Futurist]

Hello @wtr37 - OK, I think I need to repro this and clarify this and repro the problem. Its been so long since I actively worked on this that I need to refresh my memory. Give me a couple of days and let me see what I can do. The linking and execution was routine at the times I stopped working on this. The language implementation was not complete, but for a subset of the language we could compile/link/run succesfully.

[markons]

Hello,
I've tried the same procedure as Wilhelm, getting the very same results/error.
Can you please help us? This could be a minor error for the adept.
Thanks
Gabor