[Info-vax] LLVM, volatile and async VMS I/O and system calls

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-10-04, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2021-10-04 17:37:45 +0000, Simon Clubley said:
>
>> BTW, I don't know DEC Basic, but I have one question based on other 
>> languages. While copying a string in this way appears redundant based 
>> on what you are saying, are there any implicit type conversions that 
>> can be done by adding an empty string to the other value ?
>> 
>> For example, can you convert an integer to a string in this way ?
>
> Various BASIC compilers including IIRC VB can allow that syntax, but 
> DEC BASIC doesn't. There are in-line string conversion functions.
>
> DEC BASIC was in various ways both more strict and more flexible than 
> its BP2 predecessor, including the addition of the OPTION TYPE = 
> EXPLICIT setting, and the elimination of most line numbers.
>

Thanks Stephen. It's been a _very_ long time since I last used Basic.

Simon.

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