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

[Bob Koehler]

In article <m9lknm$cob$1 at dont-email.me>, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> 
> Basic compiler on all systems.  And if not, with DECnet and FAL, it 
> doesn't matter.  I can even execute the image sitting on a dev system on 
> say a production system over the network.  Well, if same architecture.
> 
> But, for us, the production system has the compiler, so no issue.

   We generally don't allow compilers on production systems as the
   customer is deathly afraid of what unauthorized software someone
   might write.

   But there's always "Basic" vs. "basic".  Macro-32 is not Basic and
   not a compiler on VAXen, but it makes a good basic compiler for many
   of us.