[Info-vax] proper file format, attributes for non-binary files served by a

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <lM4dwuqT$MDe at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes: 

> In article <af15f2a9-227e-40a2-9c5a-6fcc3351fd99 at c13g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, Steven Schweda <sms.antinode at gmail.com> writes:
> > On Jan 23, 9:10 am, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
> > Koehler) wrote:
> > 
> >> A web serve on VMS should [...]
> > 
> >> It should then [...]
> > 
> >    Agreed.  And when all the software out there is perfect,
> > I'll stop caring about these file record formats.  In the
> > mean time (during which interval I will _not_ be holding my
> > breath), ...
> 
>    OK, I know it would be possible to read the files using $QIO, and/or to
>    send them over the network in manners that violate the standards, but
>    where I could find a web server full of $QIOs?
> 
>    And which web server for VMS does not follow the standards for
>    sending data?
> 
>    Not using RMS is a whole lot of work.

I'm not sure, but I think SMS's point (or one of his points) was that
the OSU server is written in C and C is more efficient with some VMS
file types than with others.  The end result might be the same, but the 
speeds differ.  Most things can be done in Fortran or C, but one 
shouldn't ignore that the order of the indices on arrays is reversed.