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

[lists at openmailbox.org]

On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 10:31:47 -0500
David Froble via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> 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.

I know what BASIC is. I have used at least three versions. I simply didn't
know how the VAX version was implemented. That doesn't change that I am not
a fan of the language itself. Language and implementation are two
almost completely separate issues.

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