[Info-vax] RMS internals?
Howard S Shubs
howard at shubs.net
Tue Aug 11 11:26:21 EDT 2009
In article <4a80a1bb$0$299$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> Give the size of data today and the need for moving files between
> VMS and various non-VMS systems, then what about:
> - changing the 32K limit to a 16M limit
> - have VAR and VFC use 4 byte length both before and after data
> - if there are any compatibility issues then keep the existing
> RFM's and add BIGVAR, BIGVFC, BIGSTM, BIGSTMLF, BIGSTMCR and BIGFIX
> ?
Easier said than done. Getting HP to make this change would be
significant, and would take time. I need this ready in a week for this
client. My programmer is already using it, though I've told him of the
bug I found.
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