[Info-vax] Learning VMS application programming

[Neil Rieck]

On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 4:27:30 PM UTC-4, wend... 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?
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>     Writing VAX/VMS Applications Using Pascal (Theo de Klerk, 1991)
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>     Software Implementation Techniques: Writing Software in OpenVMS, OS/2, UNIX and Windows NT (Donald Merusi, 1995)
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> 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.
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> I have looked through much of the docs available from HP, but they are not suitable tutorial material.

Adding to the good information others have already provided, I own and still use (from time-to-time) "Writing VAX/VMS Applications Using Pascal (Theo de Klerk, 1991)" even though I don't have access to a Pascal compiler.

I buy out-of-print books all the time using this site:
 http://www.bookfinder.com/
which hooks into all the major new/used book sellers.

Neil