[Info-vax] RMS record metadata, was: Re: Re; Spiralog, RMS Journaling (was

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In article <nkg4gj$v5j$3 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>On 2016-06-22, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On 2016-06-21, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>> John Reagan wrote:
>>>>> RMS wins the trifecta of languages. You'll find Macro, BLISS, and C in the source directory.
>>>> WHAT !!!
>>>>
>>>> No Basic ???
>>> 
>>> Sorry David, but Basic is not a system implementation/programming
>>> language. :-)
>>> 
>>> Simon.
>>> 
>>
>> We ain't talking about "system implementation".  Some of the RMS utilities just 
>> might be a good task for Basic.
>>
>
>And the bulk of RMS runs in executive mode as part of the kernel which
>is not where I would expect to find Basic code but which I would expect
>to be implemented using a system implementation language.

Yup!  Lots of Bliss and Macro!

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