[Info-vax] Databases, LDAP and the limitations of RMS-file-based authentication

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In article <cgvp1iF3j6iU1 at mid.individual.net>, bill at server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>In article <f4794e74-fcdb-481a-a648-f0ec57129482 at googlegroups.com>,
>	John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> writes:
>> On Wednesday, December 24, 2014 3:18:02 PM UTC-5, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> > I mean, I just figured there is / was this thing called the VMS calling 
>>> > standard, that every language (except for C) seems to respect, and so 
>>> > one should be able call code from any VMS language.
>>> 
>>> C, Bliss and Macro all comply with the VMS calling standard, and can 
>>> more easily do certain things; things that BASIC, Fortran and COBOL 
>>> just aren't so fond of.
>> 
>> The Calling Standard actually has few requirements on how arguments are passed
>> (by immediate value, by reference, by descriptor are all valid mechanisms).
>> 
>> Traditionally the compilers only have one or two schemes to accept arguments and
>> then have additional directives, etc. to generate other schemes when calling other routines.
>> 
>> I'll wager the best language for different schemes is the one that Hoff keeps forgetting... Pascal... :)
>
>While I think Pascal is great and still use it a lot (and love playng with
>Pascal Compilers) it is yet another example of a language that was tasked
>with doing things it was not deisigned for (kinda like C :-).  Maybe Pascal
>users should actually be using Modula.
>
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Use the right tools.  BASIC deals with strings very well, and C, not so 
>>> much.  C has advantages in other areas -- for tasks where I would once 
>>> have used Macro32 or sometimes Bliss, C usually works.
>>> 
>> 
>> The best string languages would be BASIC, COBOL, and Pascal (in that order).
> 
>What!!  What about SNOBOL?       :-)

That's only available in certain winter climates. :)

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