[Info-vax] OpenVMS system programming language

[Simon Clubley]

On 2025-02-23, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo at nz.invalid> wrote:
>>On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:56:43 +0900, David Meyer wrote:
>>
>>> Have all the MACRO and BLISS programs been ported to C or C++, or will
>>> they be in the future?
>>
>>I hear there is this new language called “Java”, that is supposed to take 
>>over from C++ ...
>
> When Java first came out, I had this image in my head of a bunch of
> managers sitting around a table asking "What can we do to make computers
> more slow?  How can we sell people on more expensive hardware?"  "I know,
> we can get the UCSD P-System for the new millennium!"

As Arne is well aware, my number one issue with Java is how the bloody
^&^%*& JNI interface was designed. It's utter crap, especially when you
are trying to get it working on Android. There is a replacement in the
works, but you still have legacy device issues to deal with so that
will not really make a difference for a few years

My number two issue is the lack of actual unsigned integers in Java.
Some hacks have been added to later Java versions to support unsigned integer
operations, but it's still signed integers at the core as I understand it.

Simon.

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