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

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In article <4b5b695a$0$283$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>On 23-01-2010 07:39, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article<DRjEQc1+ENFR at eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>>> In article<4b57add4$0$275$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=<arne at vajhoej.dk>  writes:
>>>>
>>>> You can try and call the standard socket functions
>>>> directly from Fortran.
>>>
>>>    We actually did that on a system where the programmer couldn't figure
>>>    out the $QIO documentation for UCX.  I showed him how to translate
>>>    the C header file info into VAX Fortran structures (ANSI Fortran
>>>    didn't yet have structures back then), and pass arguements by value
>>>    and such.  We did have to code some calls to socket routine X as
>>>    DECC$X.
>>
>> A programmer that can't read the $QIO programming interface should NOT,
>> IMHO, be programming on VMS.  Send them off with their own TRS-80 and a
>> BASIC interpetter and a cassette interface until they appreciate what a
>> wonderful environment they had in VMS.
>
>It may be more realistic that they run with their Windows or Linux
>PC and use an IDE with 1.5 GB RAM as recommended just for the IDE.
>And they may like the VMS compilers and the VMS calling standard,
>but they will not be impressed by the environment.

You should hawk WEENDOZE over in comp.micro$haft.WEENDOZE.advocacy.

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