[Info-vax] VMS documentation, was: Re: Special deals on Tape Drives

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Wed Mar 16 20:21:52 EDT 2022


On 3/16/2022 8:09 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 3/16/2022 7:53 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> I think it would have been difficult to find a language easier to learn
>> than Pascal.
> 
> Basic on the various DEC systems.

Wirth, Dijkstra etc. did not like Basic.

But yes - Basic is also an easy language to learn.

I find Pascal easier than Basic, but that may really just
reflect that Pascal is more similar to the other languages
I know. For someone not knowing any programming language,
then VMS Basic me at least as easy as VMS Pascal.

Arne





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