[Info-vax] Example of random access by record number on an RMS fixed record size, relative organization file?

Simon Clubley clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Fri Sep 22 08:20:04 EDT 2023


On 2023-09-21, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 9/20/2023 8:24 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2023-09-20, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>> Is it just me, or, was my Basic example shorter and easier to read than your
>>> Cobol, Fortran, and C examples?
>> 
>> Arne could always add a Macro-32 example to that list... :-)
>
> I just added Cobol, Basic and Macro-32.
>
> And note that the Macro-32 code is shorter than the C code.
>
> Macro-32 initialization of FAB and RAB blocks are much shorter/easier
> than the C same.
>

Erm, people, my suggestion of using Macro-32 for an application program
was _supposed_ to be a joke. :-)

I thought everyone here knew what I thought of _that_ idea by now... :-)

Simon.

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