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

[Dave Froble]

On 1/9/2024 3:19 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 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.
>

Bigot alert ....

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