[chriswarbo]

> sometimes I wish there was just a standard language for programming

Good news, there is such a standard, and you can buy it here: https://webstore.ansi.org/standards/incits/ansix3531976r1998

Some choice quotes from the Wikipedia page ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I ):

> PL/I (Programming Language One) is a procedural, imperative computer programming language initially developed by IBM. The PL/1 ANSI standard, X3.53-1976, was published in 1976. It is designed for scientific, engineering, business and system programming.

> IBM wanted a single programming language for all users.

> The language is designed to be all things to all programmers.[vague]