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

[JF Mezei]

On 15-01-22 10:31, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> translation, and on a schedule, then nuke DCL from orbit. 

But we all know how that will turn out. I've seen the documentary. Some
little procedure will be captured and cocooned and someone will have to
go and find it deep down in the bowels of the system, and the whole
thing will self destruct due to damage and the folks will barely escape
with no seconds to spare.

This is why it is wise to start *thinking* about stragegy for DCL now,
especially since the move to the new platform is the perfect opportunity
to start to , at least, lay the foundation for the new vision.

> But I just don't see any of this happening anytime soon, as VSI has 
> much bigger problems to address.

Does not mean that they can't stay planning strategy for future so that
they can start to lay foundations and examine implications as they go
through the code during the upcoming port.

"be on the lookout for any dependency on X  and add a note in this
tracking database so that when we get around to upgrading X, we have a
list on all that depends on X."