[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <Td2dnSX7ar73ACzXnZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
> 
> I know that there is some sort of a Unix-like shell on some recent 
> releases but I think it was only in recent releases.

   I think you got the OP's reference to UNIX mixed up with VMS.

   However, back in the VMS 2 and 3 days Wollonging shipped Unice, a
   UNIX environment for VMS which included a csh.

   Later DEC shipped DECShell, an implementation of the Bourne shell.

   After that DEC shipped the POSIX kit, with the POSIX shell (a subset
   of ksh).

   And now you can get GNV, which includes a bash.

   So UNIX shells on VMS have a long history, with gaps.