[Info-vax] Suggestion: Enhance DCL to support proper escape quoting.

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/20/2022 3:11 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 1/20/22 2:49 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>> On 1/20/22 11:37 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> On 1/20/22 11:26 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 1/20/2022 10:25 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>>> On 1/20/22 9:19 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>>> but Perl
>>>>>> and Python are not *nix specific.
>>>>>
>>>>> Both were originally developed in the Unix environment.  Use in any
>>>>> other environment is an afterthought.
>>>>
>>>> They were developed on Unix but I don't think calling usage on
>>>> other platforms an afterthought is proper description.
>>
>> In fact it's an offensive and ignorant description.  It's more or less
>> like saying Fortran on VMS is an afterthought because it ran on
>> something else first.
> 
> Don't take my word for it.  From "PERL in a Nutshell"
> 
> "While Perl was developed on Unix and is closely entwined with
> Unix culture...."
> 
> It goes on to mention other places it runs and ends with "even VMS"
> as if that surprised the authors.

Since the first public release of Python ran on Unix and Mac, and the
first public release of Perl ran on Unix and VMS, then I find it
difficult to see other platforms as an afterthought.

The Perl language does have some Unix heritage as it was inspired
by / intended to replace awk and sed. But being inspired from is
different from targetting.

Arne

PS: In the original post Larry Wall also claimed to be inspired by
     BASIC-PLUS, which did not run on Unix.