[Info-vax] 64-bit (was Re: New CEO of VMS Software)

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 14:43:06 -0500, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> *glances at thicket of C API definitions*

The design of VMS system calls, with lots of arguments, most of them 
optional, is really bad for a language that don’t allow argument passing 
by keyword. But I would say that’s the fault of the language.

> *rolls eyes at itemlists*

I always thought they were kind of neat. What’s a better alternative for 
exensibility?

> *sighs and drags BASIC forward to 64-bit and OO*

BASIC ... you got to be kidding, right?

If kids wanted to learn programming these days, I would point them at 
Python.