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

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In article <tNskpStKPw2q at eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>In article <00A97F87.AD004A70 at SendSpamHere.ORG>,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>> 
>> 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.
>
>   If I had my way, that programmer wouldn't have been around very long.

I don't get it.  I've seen C programmers that can understand gobbledegook
with multiple ** indirections and function references with umpteen casts,
but can't get past the basic VMS descriptor (length and pointer).
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