[Info-vax] Listeners in VMS Basic, was: Re: Integrity iLO Configuration?
Dave Froble
davef at tsoft-inc.com
Thu Jul 1 10:45:53 EDT 2021
On 7/1/2021 10:12 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 7/1/2021 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. :-)
>
> That is not my impression.
>
> If it provides tangible benefits then I would expect him to
> be fully onboard.
"IF" is the key word there ...
> I am sure that his VMS Basic code would not compile on PDP-11 - it will
> be using new features in VMS.
I would not bet on that. The actual Basic code just might work. Now,
calls to TCP/IP for example would not work, since DEC didn't really have
a decent TCP/IP in that time frame. For that matter, I'm not sure they
have a decent TCP/IP today. It's the things outside Basic that would be
questionable.
> Most likely it would not even compiler on a late 1980's VMS VAX. New
> features has been used somewhere.
I'd agree.
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