[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/24/2018 12:26 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 01/24/2018 11:47 AM, DaveFroble wrote:
>> While not very good at performance, compiler wasn't written for 
>> performance, Basic can do most of that stuff very well, and much more.
>>
>> Much the same comparison can be made with your "bus off a cliff" 
>> comment, when looking at "the professionals" here and their attitude 
>> toward Basic, right?
> 
> Given what it was designed for BASIC was never taken seriously.  Even
> after ANSIfication it was still not overly practical as most versions
> were interpreted and not compiled.

Hmmm.

Basic went compiled even on PC's around 1990.

GW-Basic and QBasic were interpreted.

But QuickBasic 1985 could optionally compile.

TurboBasic 1989 compiled.

VB 1991 compiled.

Long time ago.

Arne