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Subject: Re: Fun: Object Pascal on VMS
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 21:13:53 -0400
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On 9/6/2024 8:19 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 9/4/2024 3:29 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 9/3/2024 10:48 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> On 9/3/2024 2:02 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> On 2024-09-03, Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>>> As for VMS and Pascal, there is a very decent implementation of that
>>>>> language on
>>>>> VMS, so what's the problem when a product aimed at a different 
>>>>> environment will
>>>>> not run on every environment.
>>>>
>>>> So how capable are the OO features in VMS Pascal these days ?
>>>
>>> You state that similar to my comment above, as if it is a given that 
>>> OO is
>>> necessary.  Perhaps not.  Cheap way to avoid my question.
>>
>> If you write OS kernel or an embedded application for a device counting
>> memory in KB (or maybe a few MB): it is not necessary.
> 
> Ok, your word, "necessary".
> 
> Explain to me why OO is necessary ...
> 
> Not that it may be useful, or desired.  You wrote "necessary".
> 
> 

Dave, you're wasting your time.  The COBOL world asked that
question and look what they did to them. :-)

bill