[Info-vax] AXIS2/C, gSOAP

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

On 2010-08-27 01:53, Neil Rieck wrote:
> On Aug 20, 3:32 pm, "John Reagan"<johnrrea... at earthlink.net>  wrote:
>> "Neil Rieck"<n.ri... at sympatico.ca>  wrote in message
>>
>> news:4b348bad-6985-4397-af41-
>> I am currently using BASIC 1.6 (for Alpha) and this switch is not
>> available. I can see in HP's most recent road map that they have
>> already released BASIC 1.7 and are working on BASIC 1.8. Can anyone
>> tell me if the "/name" switch is available in 1.8 or might be
>> available in 1.8 ?
>>
>> I don't remember seeing /NAME for BASIC on any of roadmaps (but then again,
>> I don't look much anymore).  Such features this are usually added based on
>> customer requests instead of just adding it to every compiler 'just for
>> fun'.    Also some languages like BLISS and Pascal have language syntax for
>> alternative spellings for externals (and allow mixed cased strings) so no
>> DCL qualifier is/was needed.
>>
>> I suggest you send in your request.
>>
>> John
>
> That's too bad because something like this would allow BASIC programs
> to more easily link to other object files.
>
> But to be honest, I remember the huge amount of re-engineering that
> went into making Visual BASIC 6 become Visual BASIC .NET so that VB
> could generate code similar to other MS languages. The changes caused
> a small revolt amongst the VB user community.  I guess I was hoping
> that HP would revamp VMS BASIC in a different way (like making
> variables case sensitive with the "/names" compiler switch seen
> elsewhere.
>
> I still have my fingers crossed but am not holding my breath :-)
>
> Neil Rieck
> Kitchener / Waterloo / Cambridge,
> Ontario, Canada.
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/OpenVMS.html

This "/names" issue/questions got me thinking...

COBOL doesn't have any switch for case-sensitivines either.
I do not use any "special" switch when compiling COBOL code
for use by gSOAP. Any COBOL/C/gSOAP incompatibility is taken
care of in the wrapper C-routine.

Is BASIC different in any way in this regard then COBOL ?