what was VMS/OpenVMS written in? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

2 Dec 2010

On 12/01/10 08:13, Dennis Boone<drb at msu.edu> wrote:

...
    >  I
can't find any COBOL, BASIC, MODULA, CORAL, DIBOL, etc. 
   In 7.3, I'm sure that's now true. 
I'm pretty sure I remember some
  COBOL and BASIC back in the 4.x and 5.x days, but I can't promise that
  my memory is 100% correct. 
 Given the RSX heritage, I wouldn't be surprised if some BASIC code came
 across.  I was actually almost surprised not to find MODULA, but a bit
 of googling suggests my memory of a DEC compiler is erroneous.  I would
 only expect to find COBOL in some kind of reporting tool, where
 performance wouldn't so much. 
??? What made you connect RSX with BASIC? There is not a single piece of 
RSX that has anything to do with BASIC, as far as I know.

You'll have to go to some layered products before you find any BASIC at 
all in relation to RSX.

Were you perhaps thinking of RSTS/E?

	Johnny