Timing-wise, that could be correct. However, the biggest issue to me was the inability to nicely interact with VMS system and library calls. Even with the best that DEC could do in their header files, setting up a complex $QIO was a headache, certainly compared to more “native” languages.
I was a bit of a fan back then. Much more powerful and stable than pretty much anything I encountered in Unix-land. And once you tossed out the C compact libraries, very fast, too :)
I was a bit of a fan back then. Much more powerful and stable than pretty much anything I encountered in Unix-land. And once you tossed out the C compact libraries, very fast, too :)