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Subject: Re: ISO: The Eiffel OO programming language and IDE, on VMS
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:42:25 -0700
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On 3/25/25 15:39, Subcommandante XDelta wrote:
> On 23/03/2025 12:03 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 10:55:00 +1100, Subcommandante XDelta wrote:
>>
>>> EiffelStudio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), that enable
>>> programmers to produce correct, reliable, maintainable software and
>>> control the development process. If you want to create fast, robust,
>>> scalable applications, then EiffelStudio gives you a cost-effective
>>> option.
>>
>> I’ve lost count of the number of times people have said they have a
>> solution to all the world’s programming problems, just so long as you
>> change your entire process to do things their way.
>>
>> We live in a multilingual, multiplatform, multi-build-system world. Nobody
>> wants a new language or IDE that requires you to conform to its particular
>> view of how to do things.
>>
> 
> Well, VSI, needs to focus on meeting the needs of the rusted on VMS
> shops, first off, and primarily.
> 
> However, the VMS system needs to be revitalised, and that means
> providing certified compilers for modern languages.
> 
> Rust is a 110% no brainer.
> 
> Not to stray off-topic, but a VSI/ELN RTOS, written in Rust, would be
> way cool, and may thrill the industrial process guys in the VMS shops.
> 
> Erlang and Elixir would be most attractive as well:
> 
> https://www.erlang.org/
> 
> https://elixir-lang.org/
> 
> Not that I can weigh in with any technical quality, on such matters, the
> plethora of modern languages puts my head in a spin.
> 
> I hark back from a time of blinking lights, piano key consoles, and
> false floors, and the likes of Fortran, Algol, Cobol, PL/1, and APL.
> 
> Come to think of it, VSI/VMS/APL would be way cool - just because! - Two
> Big Kens - Ken Iverson, and Ken Olsen.

Another "One Language to rule them all, One Language to find them, One 
Language to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."