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

[John Reagan]

On Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 1:41:04 PM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-11-14, John Reagan <xyzz... 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 ? 
> 
> Was it something else ? :-)
> Simon. 
> 
> -- 
> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP 
> Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.
HaHa  Both actually. :)

While BLISS has many shortcomings, I really can't compare it to assembly language much less equating the two.

And I actually agree with you that many parts of modern OS's could/should be written in a type-safe language.  Unfortunately, many of the algorithms inside of OpenVMS don't lend themselves to type-safe languages.