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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-01-13, Craig A. Berry <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> wrote:
> 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.

I would choose the Python installation that's part of the base install
and hence guaranteed to be present on every system.

Yes, that's an even more pointed answer. :-)

Simon.

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