From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 12/27/2024 3:54 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:   
   > On Fri, 2024-12-27 at 14:34 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>> This has been discussed previously here:   
   >>>   
   >>> https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.vms/c/ufBEqvGdglU   
   >>>   
   >>> That discussion has pointers to various examples,   
   >>   
   >> In general VMS Pascal/VMS Basic code should be maybe 25% shorter   
   >> than equivalent C code. But with a descriptor centric API like   
   >> SMG$ then it may be more like 40% shorter.   
   >>   
   >> One could make a nice wrapper in C++ encapsulating the context   
   >> and convert between stl::string / C char array and descriptors.   
   >>   
   >> But then a full screen VT UI is a concept that has been obsolete   
   >> for 30 years, so maybe there is little point.   
   >   
   > People are still writing apps using the console.   
      
   There is still a need to write command line tools. Mostly   
   for system administrators and developers, but still there.   
      
   But full screen VT UI applications? I doubt many of those   
   get written today. Whether custom code using SMG$ or one   
   of TDMS/FMS/DECForms. The end users expectations for UI   
   has changed. GUI or Web.   
      
   Arne   
      
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