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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-05-05, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

A nested associative array is an associative array that is in a data
element of another associative array. In other words, the second
associative array is nested inside the first associative array.

You could extend this to have multiple layers of nested associative
arrays.

> 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.
>

In some cases, using nested associative arrays _is_ simpler and easier
to process than the alternative approaches if the language supports
the construct.

Simon.

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