[Info-vax] Learning VMS application programming

[David Froble]

wendellxe at yahoo.com wrote:
> I've been looking for a tutorial book on VMS programming, something
> akin to Rochkind's _Advanced Unix Programming_. I haven't found
> anything online, but I've seen mention of these two books. Could
> anyone comment on their contents and/or recommend something else?
> 
> Writing VAX/VMS Applications Using Pascal (Theo de Klerk, 1991)
> 
> Software Implementation Techniques: Writing Software in OpenVMS,
> OS/2, UNIX and Windows NT (Donald Merusi, 1995)
> 
> Coming from Unix, I'm used to designing around the interaction of
> small, modular tools and using flat text files as a common
> interchange format. I need a thorough explanation of how to best
> design around VMS's heavier process model and relative complexity of
> the RMS.
> 
> I have looked through much of the docs available from HP, but they
> are not suitable tutorial material.

Perhaps you can specify something that you want or need to do, and if 
someone has something similar, they could give you copies to study.

I'm guessing that learning "everything" in any environment is not a 
short or easy task.  Narrowing your perspective might be a better way to 
start.

When I was getting into socket based communications I received some 
examples, which were helpful.  Even though they were written in (hock, 
spit) C ....