[Info-vax] Basic again

[Dave Froble]

On 3/11/2024 9:22 AM, Dan Cross wrote:
> In article <usn0gu$3kkpg$1 at dont-email.me>,
> Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 3/11/2024 1:28 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 21:04:15 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> Why are there no empty line between YYY and ZZZ in the Basic example??
>>>
>>> Because two different language implementation teams came to two different
>>> decisions about how to map character streams onto VMS’ insistence that
>>> files be made out of records.
>>
>> I see VMS Basic IO as record oriented and not stream oriented.
>>
>> And I was not expecting any "mapping". I was expecting
>> PRINT to format an internal buffer with the data provided
>> and call SYS$PUT without any attempts to modify the data
>> provided.
>>
>> The reality is observable different.
>
> Please don't feed the troll.
>
> 	- Dan C.
>

:-)

Well, this time, I think the troll is correct ...

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