[Info-vax] message communication (VMS <> PC)

[Bob Gezelter]

On Jan 18, 1:04 pm, RLFitch <rlfi... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for ideas on how to establish communication between VMS
> Fortran and MS Visual Basic to exchange short messages on LAN.  This
> can be synchronous or asynchronous, serial or ethernet.
>
> Thanks,
> Ransom Fitch
> rlfitch.com

Ransom,

I concur with Arne. TCP/UDP direct socket usage is certainly a viable
alternative, particularly TCP (which underlines ftp, telnet, and many
other well known application protocols).

IMHO, one must consider whether using a middleware layer gains an
incremental advantage, or whether it is merely adding unneeded
complexity. I have seen many systems with large collections of
middleware, resulting in an implementation that is far more complex
than is needed (and far more complex than merely using sockets
directly).

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com