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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 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).

But "length and pointer" ain't "how it's done"!  All the Comp Sci guys 
know is null terminated strings.