[Info-vax] C... the only winning move is not to play...

[JF Mezei]

On 14-02-12 15:19, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

> Not even close.  There's no STR$anything in DCL.

Quite easy to fix:

$STR$anything == "VAXman"

Then, you can no longer state there is no STR$ANYTHING in DCL :-)

Seriously though, Just because these routines are not "published" for
DCL users does not mean that they would not be used internally for
operarions such as $A = B + C   (where all 3 variables are strings)

Although I believe it was Mr Hoff who stated that those routines are not
well suited for use at elevated levels.

However, when you look at lexical routines availabe in DCL, wouldn't
those use underlying RTL lexical functions ? ($FAO comes to mind)

Or is the distinction here between SYS$ and LIB$ routines ?