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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/7/2021 6:30 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 1/7/21 3:27 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <rt5phm$1t54$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
>> <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>>
>>> On 1/5/2021 2:44 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>>> A good Fortran programmer can write Fortran in any language.  :-)
>>>
>>> https://www.efinancialcareers.co.uk/news/2020/12/real-programmers-write-java-like-fortran 
>>>
>>
>> Recently I actually encountered a real Fortran programmer who had been
>> writing real Java applications recently which really do look like
>> Fortran.
> 
> And, I would say he/she is not any kind of a programmer.
> I have been programming off and on since the early 70's and full-
> time since 1980.  My Fortran looks like Fortran.  My COBOL looks
> like COBOL.  My Pascal looks like Pascal. My Ada looks like Ada.
> My Assembler looks like Assembler. Etc. Etc. Etc.
> 
> There is much more to programming than syntax.

Yes.

Languages are designed for some usage and the language
and its common practices encourage certain paradigms/styles.

Trying to code in language X using the style/paradigms of
language Y usually end up with very hard to read code.

But it happens out in the real world.

Even small things can disturb reading.

In comp.lang.java.programmer we got somebody that insist on formatting
Java code like Lisp.

Many many years ago I saw C code with:
#define begin {
#define end }

I am sure most have seen similar weird examples.

Arne