[Info-vax] Bliss was Re: Learning VMS application programming

[David Froble]

Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <lupm9v$2g6$1 at dont-email.me>, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>> That's strange, but perhaps I'd better explain.  My only exposure to 
>> MACRO-10 was back in school.  Not used it since I left the University. 
>> So, perhaps while I liked it for a few class projects, perhaps I might 
>> not like it for any real work.  Or, it's been so long, that I've 
>> forgotten any bad memories.
> 
>    Both the assembler and the instruction set for Macro-10 pushed me
>    to learn BLISS-10.  I was amased at what I could code in a two line
>    change that would have taken me a day in Macro-10.
> 

When I was learning how computers work, perhaps the MACRO-10 fit well 
into that environment.  I'm pretty sure that I would not use such in an 
application.  But my old database product is implemented in MACRO-32. 
Not sure if I'd do that again ...