[Info-vax] Notable VMS "feature"

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-01-27 15:11, Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <n89ec2$1bpl$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, George Cornelius <cornelius at charter.NOWHERE.net> writes:
>>
>> And I code that way in DCL. In Fortran, which is
>> a standards-based language, I have begun to think
>> that even if it is low bit only it is best to make
>> it explicit.
>
>     Why worry about generic Fortran standards when you're doing VMS specific
>     code?  Using VMS specific Fotran details seems fitting.

Readability for people who know Fortran, but might not know VMS specifics?

	Johnny

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