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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/20/22 3:31 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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.

I don't think it ran on VMS either.   :-)

bill