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From: rcb@rti.UUCP (Random)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: GKS on MAC II
Message-ID: <2063@rti.UUCP>
Date: 26 Feb 88 14:48:13 GMT
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In article <166@laic.UUCP> darin@laic.UUCP (Darin Johnson) writes:
>Actually, this is more of a problem with VMS in general, not GKS.
>I haven't used GKS that much, but have used VMS quit a bit (been forced to use
>I should say).  Programming is a breeze if you are using FORTRAN, but a 
>pain in the butt for anything else.  In particular, descriptors are 
>done automatically in FORTRAN, but have to be built by hand in other 
>languages.  

Actually, Descriptors are done automatically for ALL VMS languages except
C. Since C is the only language that does not have some form of string
datatype (not array of char), a descriptor cannot be easily formed for
the array of characters that it uses for a string because it may not be being
used as a string but as an array of characters. All the other languages
leave low level choices to the compiler (like value/reference parameter
passing, register allocation, etc.)
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