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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-11-14, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> 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.
>

Yes, very much so.

> 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 can't help but wonder however if there's still a latent market for a
language that has all the basics and type safety of Ada but without all
the complexity that has been bolted onto Ada (especially in recent versions).

Simon.

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