[Info-vax] Databases versus RMS

[Dirk Munk]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article<4f8dc739$0$1688$c3e8da3$50776f34 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei<jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca>  writes:
>> {...snip...}
>>
>>> And, generaly speaking, Rdb is more "safe" then a plain RMS
>>> based "database".
>>
>> An RMS write tends to result in an immediate physical write to disk.
>> (unless hidden by a storage array which delays writes).
>
> That's not true!
>
Indeed it is not. Cobol for instance has the deferred write option.