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

[Dave Froble]

On 9/22/2023 8:20 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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.
>

I don't consider the example an application.  It is rather examples on how to 
perform a specific task in most or all the languages available on VMS.

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