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

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On Fri, 1 Jan 2016 11:08:22 -0500
Stephen Hoffman via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> On 2016-01-01 15:31:47 +0000, David Froble said:
> 
> > lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> >> 
> >> 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.
> 
> The BASIC layered product provides both an interpreter and a compiler 
> on VAX.   There's no JIT associated with the interpreter, however.

Thanks, that's interesting. Are there any other interpreted languages
among the layered products?

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