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

[Craig A. Berry]

On 1/13/24 1:50 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
> 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.

Which of the languages that are available as part of the base install of
OpenVMS x86 would you choose instead of Perl?

Yes, it's a trick question.