[Info-vax] DCL Integer Overflow

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/9/2017 5:15 PM, IanD wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at 10:04:02 AM UTC+10, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> New languages like Scala and F#.
>>
>> And additions to older languages like C# and Java.
> 
> I think it's their base momentum that drags them forward

Of course.

It is a lot easier to add some FP pieces using existing language
than to rewrite to a new language to get to FP.

>                                                          although
> there's a lot of love out there for C# and a growing hatred for Java, at
> least under Oracle

There are also some people that dislikes MS.

But it is rarely the language/compiler guys that are the reasons.

>> But I don't think this stuff is particular important for
>> scripting.
> 
> I guess it's going to depend on what horse VSI back
> 
> Do they target mainstream now or go with something that's starting to
> show promise on the growth curve? How far forward looking are they
> wanting to be (or need to be to attract attention / relevance by
> future adopters).
It is also about how advanced a language they want.

In my opinion it is a top criteria for a scripting
language that it is easy to read and easy to learn.

System managers have a highly varying level of
programming background.

It is a must that someone without much programming
background can read and make minor changes to a
script.

Which is probably one of the reasons why Python is so
popular for this. Python code tend to be rather
straight forward.

And I don't see the need for a very advanced language.
We do not need PL/I or Ada95 or C++ or Scala
level.

Good basic procedural programming with maybe a little
sprinkle of OOP and FP will do fine.

Arne