[Info-vax] Programming languages, was: Re: DECUServe is a Hobbyist Chapter

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-07-06, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Or you could stop using the Python crap (and the other ego language
> du jour) and go back to using real languages to develop real programs.
>

Python's high level constructs make it really good for scripting
type operations and is far superior to anything that DCL has to
offer in terms of control structures and data types.

For traditional application programs, I prefer a more traditional
programming language which has all the compiler-time checks and type
checking built in.

You wouldn't use C++ or another similar language to write a shell
script and you wouldn't use Python to write a full blown accounting
package (for example).

It's a matter of choosing the correct tool for the job.

Simon.

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