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

[Dave Froble]

On 1/20/2022 3:34 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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
>

No, but it's descendants sure do ..

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