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| 1027.1 | Of course! | QUARK::LIONEL | B - L - Oh, I don't know! | Wed Jun 28 1989 08:57 | 9 |
| If it's possible in FORTRAN (and it is), it's CERTAINLY possible
in Pascal. You would, of course, use the "VAX bindings" and not the
MIT C bindings. If you could provide more details on just what the
problems are, perhaps I could help more.
If you want ammunition on switching to C, don't look in MY direction!
Steve
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| 1027.2 | HELLOWORLD already done | QUARK::LIONEL | B - L - Oh, I don't know! | Wed Jun 28 1989 12:28 | 5 |
| Notes 19 and 67 in ELKTRA::DW_EXAMPLES contain DRM examples in Pascal
(notably, HELLOWORLD).
Steve
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| 1027.3 | | TLE::REAGAN | Pascal, A kinder and gentler language | Wed Jun 28 1989 12:45 | 16 |
| Please do NOT tell the customer to switch from Pascal to C. Pascal,
via the "VAX bindings", should be able to access all of DECwindows.
If this isn't possible, then it is a problem that should be reported
to the DECwindows group. Just because DECwindows was strongly
influenced by UNIX and C, doesn't mean that you have to code in C
to use DECwindows. You should stress the positive side and NOT
the negative side. Tell the customer that it is certainly possible
to program DECwindows from VAX Pascal under VMS.
The only reason to switch from Pascal to C would be for features in
the language that make the application easier to write.
Pascal isn't a 2nd-class citizen.
-John (VAX Pascal Project Leader)
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