[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <keqjdl$i7s$1 at iltempo.update.uu.se>,
	Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
> On 2013-02-04 17:15, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> In article <an88g6F66jaU1 at mid.individual.net>,
>> 	billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>>> In article <kemjhk$v46$1 at dont-email.me>,
>>> 	Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes:
>>>> On 2013-02-03 21:04:06 +0000, Bill Gunshannon said:
>>>>
>>>>> Is TO.COM a DCL Script?  Can someone send me a copy?  If not, is there
>>>>> a help or something for TO.COM that would tell me what it does?  Might
>>>>> be fun to try and duplicate it. (assuming I don't find that there is
>>>>> already someting to do this in Unix.)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.digiater.nl/openvms/freeware/v80/to/
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanaks, I'll see what I can come up with.
>>
>> Impressive endeavour.  I doubt I will be writting one for Unix.  Why?
>> It is much more complex than what I originally thought and would take
>> a good deal of time to design and code.
> 
> I have not even looked at it, so take my comments as they stand...
> 
>>  The fact that it doesn't
>> already exist in Unix pretty much shows the lack of desire for a
>> program to specifically do it.
> 
> Now, wait a minute. That's a very sucky argument.
> By that logic, no new programs are needed, since they haven't already 
> been done.
> I don't buy that.

OK, probably badly worded.  What I meant was once someone saw the
functionality, given the time it has been around, the fact that
a program with that functionality has not been written for Unix
demonstrates a lack of interest.
Much like a VMS-like HELP system.  People here are constanly knocking
the unix manpages system while holding up the HELP system as the
epitome of online documentation but still,no one has bothered to
write one for Unix. To me that just shows that people on Unix don't
hold it at the same level of esteem and writing one would be a
waste of time.

bill

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