[Info-vax] VMS Features I Wish Linux Had

[Bob Koehler]

In article <00B0A920.698B2598 at SendSpamHere.ORG>,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> 
> Huh?  You thought LIB$TPARSE was simpler than CLI/CLD?  I've done some extensive
> programming around LIB$T(ABLE_)PARSE (thousands of $STATEs/$TRANs statements) but
> I can tell you that when it comes to a having VMS command syntax in a program, it
> is CLI/CLD for me.  

   I feel the same way.  Early on I looked at LIB$TPARSE and decided not
   to try to learn it.  CLD was a piece of cake.