[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 01/31/2018 04:18 PM, seasoned_geek wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 10:47:23 AM UTC-6, 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?
>>
> 
> Hey, I love BASIC. That really wasn't fair . . . But, you haven't had time to read my missive to your earlier question about languages. Academia has gotten far more interested in parting parents and governments from their tuition dollars than teaching anything kids will need to hold down a job.

Spoken like someone with no idea at all how higher education works.

The people separating parents from their wallets have nothing to do with
the content of the curriculum and people who establish the curriculum
have no access to anyone's wallet.

> 
> The "buss off the cliff" comment was accurate.
> 

No doubt.  I worked there and fought against those ideas 
(unsuccessfully) for 25 years.

bill