[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[P. Sture]

In article <mailman.29.1254803697.18305.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>,
 Paul Raulerson <paul at raulersons.com> wrote:

> Not really Paul, most of it is just "the voice of experience" kind of  
> stuff.
> C is a really simple language, and though people may argue about it,
> it is really very much like PDP-11 Macro assembler. You can get yourself
> into trouble by not understanding what you are doing, but to compensate
> for that, you can pretty much do *anything* you want to do.
> 
> Buffer over-runs can be a concern, and where they *are* a concern,
> then use a different technique. :)

That's a shame, because I come from a generation where C was not taught 
at school or college (at least where I attended), and I keep coming 
across comments like "any idiot knows not to use xyz", but unfortunately 
nobody taught me why.

It does reinforce my opinion, which was very real in the UK at one point 
in time, that the college professors and lecturers wanted to create a 
high priesthood of those who understood C and damn the rest.

Meanwhile their payrolls and pensions were being processed with COBOL or 
PL/I or Pascal. And those folks _really do scream_ if not paid on time.

-- 
Paul Sture