[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Bob Koehler]

In article <k11fkd$i67$2 at dont-email.me>, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> 
> I believe only the first 4 characters of a DCL verb are considered by the 
> system, so you could limit your typing.  But completing the words gives meaning 
> and understanding to DCL.

   But that was documented as a "happens to be so" feature that might
   change in the future.

   Imagine my wake up when I installed Lotus/123 on VMS and "lo" was no
   longer unique.  Now "lo" is an official alias.
 
> What I have a hard time understanding is soemthing like "ls".  Since I don't use 
> Unix I don't know whether "list" might also work.  Don't get out much, ya know ..

   I don't mind "ls" so much as I mind figuring out, for each and every
   command, what "-l" does.  And when is "-" required (most options on
   most commands) vs. when it is optional (tar is my prime example) vs.
   when must if not be used (BSD dump, for example).