[Info-vax] System implementation languages, was: Re: RMS record metadata, was: Re: Re; Spiralog, RMS Journaling (was

[Robert A. Brooks]

On 6/27/2016 9:03 AM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> lawrencedo99 at gmail.com writes:
>> On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 6:40:38 AM UTC+12, David Froble wrote:
>>
>>> Sometimes some things just don't mix well.  Not sure why I've had such a
>>> problem with C.  But I do.  I'd have an easier time doing something in
>>> Macro-32 than C.=20
>>
>> I can guess why this is the case. It=E2=80=99s because VMS system services =
>> take so many arguments (e.g. 12 for $QIO, as I recall), so many of which ar=
>> e often (mostly?) defaulted, that you really need the ability to pass argum=
>> ents by keyword. Which you can do in MACRO, and in VAX PASCAL (what I used =
>> to like to use, post-V1), but not in C.
>
> $QIO and other system services and VMS RTL utilities are easier in Macro because of
> macros.  If C had a decent macro, you wouldn't be complaining here now.
  
The macro facility for BLISS is quite flexible as well.

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                       -- Rob