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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/5/2020 2:46 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2020-03-05 kl. 03:53, skrev Dave Froble:
>> On 3/3/2020 1:14 PM, Phillip Helbig wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 10:06:52 AM UTC+2, Jan-Erik Söderholm 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Den 2020-03-03 kl. 08:48, skrev phow9917 at gmail.com:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> many shops doesn't even accept cash anymore...
>>>>
>>>> Is it legal?
>>>
>>> Legal to not accept cash?  In Sweden, yes.
>>>
>>
>> Just looking at a $20 note, right on the front, "This note is legal 
>> tender for all debts public and private".
>>
>> So in the USA, legally, cash must be accepted for any debt.
> 
> No, that is not what it says. It just says that the note is legal.
> Not that anyone specific is forced to accept it for payment.
> Only that cash is not illegal.

Yes. That is what it says.

For debt settlement cash has to be accepted.

That does not mean that cash has to be accepted
for purchase of goods and services. There are
no such rule at the federal level.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm

But some states has laws mandating shops to accept
cash including: Massachusetts, Connecticut and
New Jersey. And New York and Rhode Island are
supposedly considering following.

Arne