[Info-vax] VMS Cobol - GnuCOBOL

[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:32:31 -0800, ultr... at gmail.com wrote:

> On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 8:06:31 AM UTC-5, Simon Clubley
> wrote:
>> On 2023-02-21, ultr... at gmail.com <ultr... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Friday, February 17, 2023 at 1:35:57 PM UTC-5, Simon Clubley
>> > wrote:
>> >> Nothing as far as I am aware. Bob just likes to claim that DIBOL is
>> >> the answer to everything. It's not. In a previous life, I used to
>> >> write some applications in it, and while its well suited to certain
>> >> applications, it is not a general language in the same way as say
>> >> C++, Ada, Pascal, or Java.
>> >> 
>> >> It also suffers from not having a free version so you have to pay
>> >> for the compiler (and unless the payment model has changed over the
>> >> last decade or so), you also have to pay for runtime licences.
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> > C ???? AT LEAST DIBOL CAN BE DEBUGGED ...
>> Bob, where did I mention C in the above list ?
>> Simon.
>> 
>> --
>> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP Walking
>> destinations on a map are further away than they appear.
> 
> "Nothing as far as I am aware. Bob just likes to claim that DIBOL is the
> answer to everything. It's not. In a previous life, I used to write some
> applications in it, and while its well suited to certain applications,
> it is not a general language in the same way as say
>>>>> C++ <<<<
> 
> IF THAT ISN'T A PROMOTION OF C OVER DIBOL I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS ...

Calm down.

Then you don't know much.

Notice the '++'? C and C+_+ are not the same language.