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| =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?= to Chris Townley |
| Re: And so? (VMS/XDE) |
| 11 Nov 25 21:00:46 |
From: arne@vajhoej.dk On 11/11/2025 8:50 PM, Chris Townley wrote: > On 12/11/2025 00:57, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >> On 11/11/2025 3:59 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >>> And guess what: dynamic string >>> handling is something that was specifically left out of COBOL, because >>> it was not seen as important for “business” use. >> >> Nonsense. >> >> Cobol does dynamic string handling just fine. >> >> Not as good as Java, Python, PHP and other newer languages. >> >> But better than Fortran, C and many other common languages >> back then. >> >> (and I believe we have told you so before) > > Basic does it fairly well Basic and Pascal most be the two most modern languages when it comes to strings among the traditional VMS languages. The absolute worst language for strings must be Fortran 66. Arne --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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