home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!gator!ipact!lakia
- From: lakia@ipact.com
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Help a student in distress....
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.080525.196@ipact.com>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 08:05:24 CDT
- References: <20242.2b4c180e@ul.ie>
- Organization: IPACT, Valparaiso IN
- Lines: 29
-
- In article <20242.2b4c180e@ul.ie>, 9120092@ul.ie writes:
- > Call me a buthead but I've got a few rather simplistic questions to
- > pose to the great VMS minds out there.
- > (1) How come DEC manuals have most of their examples in Fortran?
-
- That is from history. The old RSX11M were the first
- users to migrate to the VAX platform. The most used language on
- the PDP from Digital was Macro and FORTRAN (C was developed on
- a PDP but by ATT). Besides, I like FORTRAN.
- >
- > (2) In DEC's RMS who does the FAB and the RAB work, is it much different
- > from the FAT in Messy Dos (TM) ?
-
- The FABs and RABs are storage areas for RMS and your
- program to keep pointers, counters, and to communicate with each other.
- >
- > and more importantly as I require this information soon
- > (3) Does anybody have any working examples of SMG's used in Cobol (cough cough)?
- > In particular SMG$CREATE_MENU. I would really appreciate this as the
- > VMS ver 3 manuals that are available to me don't mention a thing
- > about it. I know about it 'cause it's in the Ver 5.? help facility.
- >
- COBOL....ECCCCCCH
- > Any help will be appreciated greatly.
-
- Earl Lakia Email: LAKIA@IPACT.COM
- IPACT Inc. Voice: 219-464-7212
- 260 South Campbell FAX: 219-462-5387
- Valparaiso, IN 46383
-