[Info-vax] OS design, was: Re: [OT] Wirth style languages, was: Re: Obscure

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2013-04-10 17:00, Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <kk2hej$ft4$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>>
>> There might be a more official definition of what makes up "FILES-11"
>> and "ODS-n" around, that I'm unaware of...
>
>     I'm not sure what the formal definition is, but ODS stands for
>     "on disk structure", while Files-11 covers both disks and tapes.

Good point, even though I've always found it hard to call the ANSI Tape 
format "FILES-11". But I think it is correct, in that it has the same 
interface from a program point of view, which I guess means it's "FILES-11".

	Johnny