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

Scott Dorsey kludge at panix.com
Wed Mar 4 14:41:43 EST 2020


=?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?=  <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>Den 2020-03-04 kl. 15:16, skrev Scott Dorsey:
>> =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>> On 3/3/2020 10:32 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>>> But yes, different countries also have different development levels.
>>>> Some still uses "cheques" as payment. Not seen one in 20 years
>>>
>>> Still very widely used in the US. I never had a check book in Denmark -
>>> I had to get one in the US.
>> 
>> Europeans use EFTs for the stuff that Americans use checks for.  EFTs are
>> very cheap and effective in the European banking system, while being very
>> problematic and expensive in the US.
>
>What is "EFT". Google did not return any obvious explanation.

Electronic funds transfer.  What Americans call a "wire transfer."
--scott
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