[Info-vax] 8-bit characters

[Dave Froble]

On 11/14/2021 11:10 AM, John Reagan wrote:
> On Friday, November 12, 2021 at 1:28:38 PM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-11-11, Robert A. Brooks <FIRST... at vmssoftware.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/11/2021 4:01 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 11/11/2021 3:57 PM, Michael Moroney wrote:
>>>
>>>>> You remember correctly. The hardwired '24 line terminal' assumption pissed me
>>>>> off and a few times I looked at it I said no way I can fix that spaghetti
>>>>> code. But one day the planets were aligned or something, and I just did it.
>>>>
>>>> Macro-32 ?
>>>
>>> BLISS-32
>>>
>> Same difference. :-)
>>
>> On a more serious note, BLISS-32 was a nice idea, but it's at way too
>> low a level to make a real difference.
>>
>> Now, if we had a Pascal-like or Ada-like language that could be used
>> as a system implementation language... :-)
>>
>> Simon.
>>
>> --
>> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
>> Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.
>
> Next time you post that, please add a "<Trigger warning for John Reagan>" at the top please.
>

What?  You don't like "walking destinations" ?  Neither do I.

I really disagree with Simon on this topic, the implementation language thing, 
not the walking thing.  Well, maybe both.

One really doesn't need a language or compiler to get in the way of what needs 
to be done.

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