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5 unusual facts about HP BASIC for OpenVMS


HP BASIC

HP BASIC for OpenVMS - Created at DEC, now transferred to HP; PDP, VAX, and VMS platforms

HP BASIC for OpenVMS

When DEC was purchased by Compaq in 1997/98, the products were renamed Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS VAX and Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS Alpha.

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HP BASIC has many FORTRAN-like extensions, as well as supporting the original Dartmouth BASIC matrix operators.

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Before VAX BASIC (as it was then called), you would only get native RMS support in DEC's COBOL compiler.

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Likewise, when Compaq merged with HP in 2001/02, the products were renamed HP BASIC for OpenVMS on VAX and HP BASIC for OpenVMS on AlphaServer.



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