[Info-vax] Which programming language would you like to see officially supported on VMS ?

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On Friday, January 24, 2020 at 11:13:29 AM UTC-7, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 1/24/20 8:13 AM, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> > For the programming languages which are not currently available for VMS, 
> > which of them would you like to see become available and officially 
> > supported by VSI ? 
> > 
> > For me, a modern scripting language such as Python, with integrated 
> > VMS support built in, would top that list. 
> > 
> > Yes, I know Python is available at the moment, but it's not officially 
> > supported by HPE or VSI. 
> > 
> > Are there any other scripting languages or compiled languages you 
> > would like to see become available on VMS ? 
> > 
> > I'm asking just in case there are languages out there with a hidden 
> > underlying desire by their users to run on VMS that VSI or the rest 
> > of the VMS community are not aware of. 
> >
> How about R? 
> 
> I would also say ANSI-M but it looks like even the VA is getting out of 
> that world. 
> 
> bill
The clinical lab world leverages M for its plasticity when connecting to lab data acquisition devices. Perhaps that's how it's used at the VA? The language's stem and leaf capability (see too, REXX) coupled with lightning-fast reflexes make it a surprisingly useful tool at a large California healthcare provider .
That it is a write-only language deterred said provider from out-sourcing their lab support IT staff (24x7!) to Tata in 2012.