[Info-vax] BASIC (was Re: 64-bit)

[Dan Cross]

In article <ununma$35nkk$1 at i2pn2.org>,
John Reagan  <johnrreagan at earthlink.net> wrote:
>On 1/12/2024 7:09 AM, Chris Townley wrote:
>> On 12/01/2024 06:15, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:40:47 -0500, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>
>>>> Basic in my opinion does strings very well.
>>>
>>> Only if you measure it by the pre-Perl era.
>> 
>> Perl is the work of the devil!
>> 
>
>I actually like Perl and did a whole bunch of scripting with it
>during my time with HP-UX and NonStop compilers.

In it's day, Perl was kind of the only viable solution in the
space it inhabited (that of a relatively light-weight middle
ground between C on one hand and the shell+utilites on the
other).  Raku fixed most of the deficiencies of perl 4 and perl
5, but I'd argue there are other, better languages to
choose from these days.

	- Dan C.