[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <7hchmmF2r574qU3 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>  
> So, now we are back to arguing what is OS and what is an application
> on top of the OS.  Is BASH part of the OS?  Is DCL?

   DCL is certainly part of VMS.  It is not a user mode program, it
   comes with the OS, and by default the OS is set up to grant it
   the environment it needs to run in supervisor mode.