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

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On Fri, 1 Jan 2016 16:10:00 +0100
Johnny Billquist via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> On 2016-01-01 12:59, lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Jan 2016 12:23:52 +0100
> > Johnny Billquist via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2016-01-01 09:27, 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?
> >>
> >> It's a compiler.
> >> Outside of VAX, you can't even run in immediate mode.
> >
> > Thanks. BTW my question was not relative to VAX v. other VMS platforms.
> > My experience with other BASICs was interpreted BASIC.
> 
> Well, the thing is, VMS BASIC differs in that way between VAX and 
> Alpha/Itanium. So a question about VMS BASIC needs to make the 
> distinction between VAX and other platforms.
> 
> But they are all compilers, so if you only want to know that detail, 
> without being aware that there are differences between them, then I 
> could indeed have kept quiet.

Hey I wasn't suggesting that. You are one of the more interesting and
informative guys I have seen posting online. (Not that there aren't others
here too, there are). Just wanted to put my question into perspective.
Thanks.

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