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

[Bob Koehler]

In article <54bff2db$0$57817$c3e8da3$c8b7d2e6 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> Just an idea:
> 
> right now, within DCL, the "@" sign says read the DCL input from some
> other location.
> 
> What about a different sign such as } or whatever to tell DCL to read
> input not only from a different location but also with different command
> processor ?

   And break all the existing DCL scripts that are passing } in input to
   a program?

   Make DCL as cryptic as a famous C program?

   We got the PIPE command so that |, <, and > don't break anything.
   The last thing we need is a more cryptic way to break things.