[Info-vax] READ and WRITE vs. SEARCH/OUTPUT

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/23/2012 11:03 AM, Keith Cayemberg wrote:
> On Jan 23, 9:38 am, Louis Krupp<lkr... at nospam.pssw.com.invalid>
> wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:05:08 -0500, "Richard B. Gilbert"
>>
>> <rgilber... at comcast.net>  wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> And if I've just done your homework for you, I'm sorry and I hope your
>>> instructor knows it!
>>
>> But who would be teaching DCL these days?
>
> Why not?  I provided a complete Introduction to DCL class, equivalent
> to that provided by HP, over a period of 3 weeks to 6 of my colleagues
> in August last year.
>
> Despite the availability of other script languages such as Perl, Rexx
> or Bash on OpenVMS, I would still regard DCL to definitely be a
> prerequisite to proficiency on the OpenVMS platform, whether you are a
> developer, DBA or system manager.

Sure.

But the number of universities having students working on VMS
is small (too small!) these days.

Arne