[Info-vax] Security, support and VMS, was: Re: A new VMS?

[Dave Froble]

On 5/5/2021 8:28 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-05-04, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>
>> In my opinion, none of them.  I recognize the XML because I've had to
>> work with it.  The other 2 make no sense to me, most likely because I've
>> never seen them.
>>
>> Perhaps:
>>
>> $ a:==1
>> $ b:==2
>> $ C:==3
>>
>
> How would you implement nested associative arrays in DCL David and
> how would you iterate over the array elements when needed ?

First, I threw out that example just to show that things can be kept 
sorta simple.

Second, I probably wouldn't.  There is always more than one way to do 
things.

I'm not exactly sure just what "nested associative arrays" might be. 
Perhaps it's just the terminology.  So I won't directly address that 
which I do not understand.

What I will say is that I tend to keep things as simple and easily 
understood as possible.  At some time, someone else might need to 
understand things.  If they cannot, what use is the thing?

I don't like "smart people".  Usually they think they are much smarter 
than they actually are.  All too often they just screw things up.  I 
really like the KISS principal.


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