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

[Norbert Schönartz]

Am 15.11.2021 um 00:55 schrieb Arne Vajhøj:
> On 11/14/2021 6:50 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 11/14/2021 2:43 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> On 11/14/2021 1:41 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>
>> Programming languages are definitely not "one size fits all".
>>
>> I totally agree that simpler is better for programming languages.
>>
>> And this is not just you and me - very complex languages tend not
>> to prosper in the industry.
>>
>> But I don't think Simon's point was complex vs simple.
>>
>> More like structured vs goto style. and strong typing vs weak
>> typing.
>>
>> Because Ada is a complex language, but Pascal is actually a relative
>> simple language (at least in traditional form and in VMS flavor - Delphi
>> has sort of moved a bit in the complex direction).
> 
> I like Pascal, but for something real I would probably prefer
> Modula-2. I have always loved that language!
> 
> Arne
> 
I totally agree. Modula-2 from ModulAware for OpenVMS VAX and Alpha were 
great and the support was excellent. Unfortunately it was not ported to 
Itanium, so we had to port our code from Modula-2 to C when we moved 
from Alpha to Itanium in 2006. It was not a pleasure. And I think there 
will be no version for x86, unfortunately.

-- 
Norbert