[Info-vax] Trigger warnings, was: Re: 8-bit characters

[Dave Froble]

On 11/14/2021 1:41 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-11-14, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> 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... :-)
>>>
>>
>> Next time you post that, please add a "<Trigger warning for John Reagan>" at the top please.
>>
>
> Sorry, but I live in a country where we don't yet have to issue
> "trigger warnings" in everyday conversation. I don't know about
> the rest of Europe however.
>
> However, you have been way too quick to issue a "trigger warning"
> request without even telling me what "triggered" you. :-)
>
> Was it comparing BLISS-32 to Macro-32 ?
>
> Was it the desire to have a Pascal-like or Ada-like language as a
> viable system implementation language ?

I'm figuring this is it.  No such thing as a language that can do everything. 
Sometimes simpler is better.

> Was it something else ? :-)
>
> Simon.
>


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