[Info-vax] Listeners in VMS Basic, was: Re: Integrity iLO Configuration?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/1/2021 8:16 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 7/1/21 8:12 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-06-30, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>> On 6/30/2021 1:54 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> I know, but if VMS Basic did, it would need comparable functionality
>>>> and syntax.
>>>>
>>>> Based on his comments so far, good luck getting David to write code 
>>>> like
>>>> that even if VMS Basic did support it... :-)
>>>
>>> I can't follow you.
>>>
>>> If VMS Basic supported that then I am pretty sure that David
>>> would use the features.
>>
>> $ set response/mode=good_natured
>>
>> Really Arne ?
>>
>> Have you _seen_ David's responses whenever I have tried to introduce
>> him to any of those newfangled (as he sees them :-)) programming
>> concepts and techniques from the last 20 years ? :-)
>>
>> For David, if it worked 30 years ago, then its good enough for today. :-)
> 
> In too many cases, that is quite true.  Change for changes sake
> is not an improvement.  And change to increase the ego of some
> academic is even worse.

Technology constantly makes progress.

Problem is to know what provides significant benefits versus
what is just nice to have and to know what will become long term viable
and what will turn out to be a dead end.

Arne