[Info-vax] Userland programming languages on VMS.

[Dave Froble]

On 2/4/2022 1:36 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-02-04, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> On 2/4/2022 8:56 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On 2022-02-03, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I wish C just wasn't ...
>>>>
>>>
>>> What would be your suggested alternative for a system programming
>>> language suitable for use within a kernel ?
>>>
>>
>> Since you asked ...
>>
>> An implementation of Basic that produced kernel and thread safe results.
>>
>
> The problem there is that it would not be Basic in any meaningful sense.
>
> Basic appears to have even more going on behind the scenes in some ways
> than even C++ does. All that would have to disappear before you could
> even consider using it in kernel code.
>
> Simon.
>

As I mentioned, an implementation that addresses such concerns.

There could be option switches for desired targets.

I find the Basic syntax very easy to read, understand, and use.  Isn't that the 
most important thing?

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