[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[DaveFroble]

Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2018-01-24, DaveFroble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> John Reagan wrote:
>>> There is a new Fortran frontend for LLVM named 'flang'.  
>>>
>>> https://github.com/flang-compiler/flang
>>>
> 
> That was one I didn't know about, thanks.
> 
>> John, you know a bit about languages.  Let me ask a question.
>>
>> I'll preface the question by admitting that I view much of the "new languages" 
>> as some people who just want to "re-invent the wheel".
>>
>> Do the "new languages" actually present more and better capabilities?
>>
> 
> Would you write a safety critical system in Basic ?
> 
> Simon.
> 

DEC Basic?  Absolutely.

Keep in mind, any language "could" have problems.  I've seen a few issues thru 
the years, but, VAX/DEC/Compaq/HP Basic is pretty bullet proof.

Perhaps the result of not getting "change of the month" stuff?

Then there is the details of just what is a "safety critical system".

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