[Info-vax] Some questions on software for VMS 7.3 VAX

[David Froble]

lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 01:10:24 -0500
> David Froble via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
> 
>> lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
>>> Thanks for the info. I'm finding VMS altogether more pleasant to work on
>>> than Linux but I'm missing a few key pieces partly because I don't have
>>> real VMS hardware and partly because of lack of software I want.
>>>
>> Use Basic.  You'll like it better.  It's available.  What more could you
>> want?
> 
> Fortran, Ada, and maybe Pascal are more to my liking. And especially
> assembler if I like the architecture and assembler implementation.
> 
> I know you're a BASIC bigot and I can respect that. Especially in VMS where
> it seems it is an oustanding implementation. Plus the fact the VMS runtime
> is available to all languages- really a smart way to do things. But still,
> BASIC is not my kind of language.
> 
> BTW is the BASIC on VAX/VMS a true compiler or is it interpreted?
> 

Ya know, that's really funny.  You say you don't like Basic, but you don't even 
know what it is.  It's a true compiler, with only one fault that I'm aware of. 
I didn't even know about the fault until John Reagan (spell?) explained it.