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Request support for Natural (by Software AG)

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Natural (by Software AG)
Natural is a cross-platform language, mainly used in mainframe, but also Unix and Windows.

The following three areas would be a great start and would cover the biggest part of the language.

The list of statements is at this link:
https://documentation.softwareag.com/natmf/9.2.2/en/webhelp/natmf-webhelp/sm/sm-over.htm
Some of the statements will have a closing-statement as well. For example IF....END-IF, READ....END-READ, etc.

Then there is a list of system variables here:
https://documentation.softwareag.com/natmf/9.2.2/en/webhelp/natmf-webhelp/vari/vari-over.htm

And also a list of system functions here:
https://documentation.softwareag.com/natmf/9.2.2/en/webhelp/natmf-webhelp/func/func-over.htm

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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Research direction

Review Prism's existing syntax-language support, then use the three linked Software AG references as the specification for Natural statements, system variables, and system functions. Done means the requested Natural language constructs are covered in Prism; the issue does not name a file or test to run.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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