[Info-vax] DCL's flaws (both scripting and UI)

[David Froble]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> David Froble skrev den 2015-01-20 09:13:
> 
>>
>> I also have libraries of routines to do things.  If I have libraries in
>> Basic that match the libraries in say Python, then what's the major
>> difference between the environments?  I suggest it's very little.
> 
> Doesn't your Basic need a compiler? And if so, do you have
> a compiler on every system? Or do you need to build your
> quick-fix one-of-the-kind tool on some other system first?
> 
> With Python you get a fast edit/test/edit/test cycle.
> With Basic ou get edit/compile/copy/test/edit/compile/copy/test.
> 
> That is, if your Basic compiler is on another system.
> 
> Jan-Erik.
> 
> 

Basic compiler on all systems.  And if not, with DECnet and FAL, it 
doesn't matter.  I can even execute the image sitting on a dev system on 
say a production system over the network.  Well, if same architecture.

But, for us, the production system has the compiler, so no issue.