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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 3/3/20 10:32 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2020-03-03 kl. 16:17, skrev Bill Gunshannon:
>> On 3/3/20 3:06 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>> Den 2020-03-03 kl. 08:48, skrev phow9917 at gmail.com:
>>>
>>>> In .au if you buy something for 99 cents
>>>> (or 3 items at 33 cents)
>>>> and pay with a dollar coin, you get no change!
>>>>
>>>
>>> And if you use your card, you do pay $0.99, not?
>>>
>>> And if you buy 3 items at 40 cents? You still pay with that single
>>> dollar coin, don't you?
>>>
>>> Over here, If I pay with my card, I pay the total down to the "last 
>>> cent".
>>> If one pay with cash (extremely rare today), the total is rounded to the
>>> closest dollar using a correct half-dollar up/down rounding.
>>>
>>> (We do not use dollar/cent in Sweden, but just for the example).
>>>
>>> And, as I said, cash is very rare today, many shops doesn't even
>>> accept cash anymore...
>>
>> And I go to a diner for weekend breakfasts that only accepts cash.
>>
>> Go figure.
>>
>> bill
>>
> 
> Yes, that does happens over here also. In particular if the owner
> want the money to go straigh into his own pockets. But those usually
> will not stay in business for long.
> 
> There is no other real reason today to only accept cash than tax evasion.

How about the 10% to 14% surcharge on the card transactions?

> 
> But yes, different countries also have different development levels.
> Some still uses "cheques" as payment. Not seen one in 20 years and the
> banks has high fees to clear one today, in the $10 range per cheque.

Here the high fees are usually on the use of a card.  Some go to
the business who have to pass them on to the customer in order to
stay in business.  Some go straight to the customer.  And in some
cases there are both.  In the end, they all get passed on to the
consumer.  Oh, and that diner I mentioned.  Their food is very
good, the service is excellent and the prices are noticeably cheaper.

bill