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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/15/2024 1:50 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Simon Clubley  <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>> I know that Craig is very fond of Perl, but IMHO, the way forward
>> is Python, not Perl. I was a Perl user at one time, but it must be
>> at least 15 years since I have touched it. Other alternatives have
>> taken over from the position Perl once held.
> 
> There is far more new development being done in Python.  But, there is far
> more existing code on VMS systems in Perl.  If the goal is to get x64 VMS
> up to the point of being able to move existing VMS users onto it, then Perl
> is a clear winner.  If the goal is to get new systems and maybe even new
> customers onto x64 VMS, then Python is a clear winner.
> 
> In the end, both are going to be needed but I understand that the primary
> argument now is to get systems ready for existing users with existing code.
> 
> Personally I don't like either one very much and the indentation syntax
> in Python drives me insane.  Also I think the lack of RDB hooks and general
> hooks into VMS is a problem for both of them, although a problem that can be
> remedied in the future with some effort.

I must be missing something.

VMS Python has Rdb access and a VMS module with interfaces to
all sorts of system services.

I would assume Perl has the same, I have just never tried myself.

Arne