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

Simon Clubley clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Thu Jan 7 13:35:52 EST 2021


On 2021-01-07, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>
> Trying to code in language X using the style/paradigms of
> language Y usually end up with very hard to read code.
>

Some people used to try writing C code but with Ada syntax. It wasn't
until you started to think in Ada that you really saw the benefits of
the language.

> But it happens out in the real world.
>
> Even small things can disturb reading.
>

$ set response/mode=good_natured_troll

I agree. That's why you should always write code in a braces language
in Whitesmiths format... :-)

$ set response/mode=normal

I use Whitesmiths in my own code when using a braces language, but I
don't mind any variants provided the braces line up in the code and
hence they are on their own lines.

What I really don't like are where the braces are mixed in on the
same line as another statement and hence are hard to read and also
harder to visually spot any block open and block close errors.

Simon.

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