[Info-vax] Further evidence of declining quality of VMS

[Craig A. Berry]

Jojimbo wrote:
> From the TCPIP Services management manual (v5.6)
> 
> "$ XYZPRINT :== $ PRINT/QUEUE=TCPIP$LPD_OUT -
> _$ /PARAMETER=(HOST=LPDSVR.XYZ.ORG,PRINTER=XYZPRINT)
> 
> If the logical name is defined systemwide, the XYZPRINT command always
> prints to the specified printer on the specified host."
> 
> Looks like a symbol to me, most people figure out the difference
> pretty quickly.

It may be the gaffe you think it is, though just above that it also
says, "You might want to associate DCL symbols with the destination
printers. . . ." It doesn't seem certain to me that the writer believes
XYZPRINT is a logical name, though it is an ambiguous formulation and
should be fixed.

In any case, the document shipping with TCP/IP Services v5.4 dated
September 2003 has the same language, so your news of decline is a bit late.