[Info-vax] Coding style in the VMS's

[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 29 Sep 2021 08:00:21 +0000, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)
wrote:

> In article <6153494b$0$692$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
> =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
> 
>> On 9/28/2021 12:33 PM, El SysMan wrote:
>> >   Just interesting is the name for VMS coding style, any references ?
>> >   Hungarian ? White ? Any other ?
>> 
>> You are asking about VMS specific naming conventions and code
>> formatting style?
>> 
>> There is a convention for DEC/CPQ/HP(E)/VSI stuff to use $ and own
>> stuff to use _. Never heard of a name for it.
>> 
>> Regarding location of {} in C family languages then I have never heard
>> of a VMS style. C programmers use the style they use elsewhere,
>> whatever that is.
>> Java developers follow Java convention. Etc..
> 
> Fortran programmers can program Fortran in any language.  :-)

I once had to fix someone's ALGOL program. Labels in columns 1-5, code 
starting in column 7, minimal use of control constructs in excess of the 
most basic...



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