[cctalk] Re: Try Algol 68 on Windows

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Jan 17, 2025, at 11:03 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> On 1/17/25 09:46, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
>> 
>> I don't remember if it's part of the standard, but separate compilation is a 
>> common extension in a bunch of languages.  I don't remember if the Pascal I 
>> learned on (PDP-10) has it, but I would certainly expect the VMS version to 
>> do so.
> I can state certainly that VMS Pascal had separate compilation features, that 
> were VERY similar to Borland's method.
> Jon

One important aspect of VMS design was a common calling standard, capable of 
supporting all the languages VMS has, in any combination.  So you could write C 
programs that call COBOL support routines, or vice versa, all in a well 
documented way.

        paul