[Info-vax] Fun: Object Pascal on VMS

[Dave Froble]

On 9/4/2024 3:29 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 9/3/2024 10:48 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 9/3/2024 2:02 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On 2024-09-03, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>> As for VMS and Pascal, there is a very decent implementation of that
>>>> language on
>>>> VMS, so what's the problem when a product aimed at a different environment will
>>>> not run on every environment.
>>>
>>> So how capable are the OO features in VMS Pascal these days ?
>>
>> You state that similar to my comment above, as if it is a given that OO is
>> necessary.  Perhaps not.  Cheap way to avoid my question.
>
> If you write OS kernel or an embedded application for a device counting
> memory in KB (or maybe a few MB): it is not necessary.

Ok, your word, "necessary".

Explain to me why OO is necessary ...

Not that it may be useful, or desired.  You wrote "necessary".


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