[Info-vax] [OT] Programming languages on Unix, was: Re: [OT] Unix terminal drivers

[Simon Clubley]

On 2012-05-21, Paul Sture <paul at sture.ch> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 May 2012 23:51:17 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
>
>> On 2012-05-20, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't know much (anything) about Unix, but with the tools on VMS some
>>> very capable input functions can be implemented.  What's important to
>>> me is, on VMS I don't have to use "C".
>> 
>> Strangely enough, I'm not forced to use C on Unix either. :-)
>> 
>> My day-to-day languages on Unix include C, Ada, Python, PHP (work only;
>> you won't catch me using it at home), and bash for shell scripting.
>
> I came across this rant about PHP over the weekend.
>
> "PHP: a fractal of bad design"
>
> http://me.veekun.com/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/
>
>> Other languages I have used or have considered using on Unix over the
>> years include Fortran, Java, COBOL, Pascal, Modula-2 and C++.
>
> I was looking for a Unix COBOL a few years ago, but came up with a blank, 
> though I will admit I was looking at free/cheap solutions.
>

The two I know about are:

OpenCOBOL at http://www.opencobol.org/

and

TinyCOBOL at http://tiny-cobol.sourceforge.net/

TinyCOBOL development has now ended. COBOL is a language I considered
using on Unix but never actually did, so I don't know what quality and
functionality the compilers possess.

I've found the following link which should give you a overview for the
other languages on my list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compilers

Modula-2 is not on that list however, and can be found at:

http://www.nongnu.org/gm2/homepage.html

That is the other language I considered, but never used so I also don't
know the quality of the port. Be aware that it's based on what is now
a old version of gcc (4.1.2).

For Pascal, the GNU Pascal port is seriously dated, so you are probably
far better off with the Free Pascal port. It's been many years since I
last used either of them however, so my knowledge about them is not
current.

Simon.

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