[Info-vax] Userland programming languages on VMS.

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/4/2022 8:56 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-02-03, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> On 2/3/2022 1:43 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>
>>> BTW, sort-of related to this, does anyone else wish C was a module
>>> based language ?
>>
>> I wish C just wasn't ...
> 
> What would be your suggested alternative for a system programming
> language suitable for use within a kernel ?

There were plenty back in the days. IBM PL/S, DEC Bliss, HP SPL etc..
Disclaimer: I don't really know these languages.

For the future Rust seems like the only viable candidate. There is
strong OS interest for it. The interest for Go seems to focus
more on the layer just above the kernel (like container stuff).

Many would say C++ I guess, but I just got a gut feeling that C++
would either be "programming in C in C++" or the developers
would loose control of what is going on because one C++
statement end up executing a ton of code under the hood.

Arne