[Info-vax] DCL's flaws (both scripting and UI)

[Matthew H McKenzie]

He has,

I think a port of python would probably go a long way towards resolving 
these.
- abstracting too, the system calls in wrappers.
- leaving DCL mostly as it is, preserving snippet value.
- reducing the need for C and COBOL code as well.


"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote in message 
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>>> 8) You cannot delete a directory tree in one go.
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> I am not too concerned about these problems because they can easily be
> solved with relatively minor updates to the commands themselves (and as
> was pointed out delete/tree was added).
>
> Consider 8.3 when Guy Peleg managed to add a lot of neat features to
> DCL, Backup and others stuff.
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> The big question what what needs to change at the lower "core" level, of
> any.
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> Shoudl DCL continue to be updated and fast forward to 21st century, or
> should it be frozen and something new brought in ? I think Hoff has
> asked those questions fairly elegantly.