Re: VMS Software Bootcamp 2024

On 9/14/24 5:33 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 20:02:20 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
 

But one can do some things:
* split logic up in subroutines

 Does it have subroutine-local variables?

There are command levels, yes:
$ type foo.com
$ x := "foo"
$ call mysub
$ write sys$output x
$ exit
$ mysub: subroutine
$ x := "bar"
$ write sys$output x
$ endsubroutine
$ @foo
bar
foo

* have a convention for how to simulate arrays

 I remember doing that with clever string substitution. ;)

It can be done.  It's pretty ugly.