[Info-vax] VMS - The new file system. What do we know about it?...

[Robert A. Brooks]

On 11/16/2016 8:18 AM, John E. Malmberg wrote:
> On 11/13/2016 8:08 PM, John Reagan wrote:
>>
>> And when Clair says "assembler", he means "native assembler", not
>> Macro-32. Writing any new code in Macro-32 is highly discouraged
>> except when you are perhaps fixing a bug or adding something minor
>> to existing code.
>>
>> I pay a bounty for any existing Macro-32 module converted into
>> ANYTHING else [C, BLISS, even COBOL :) ] There have been some
>> conversions into C lately and I owe several dollars to co-workers.
>
> For C, I recommend putting in a clause that you do not pay if
> /STANDARD=VAXC is used for compiling the converted module.
  
Ayup, we try to fix those abominations whenever we come across them.

Seems to be a bigger issue with the layered products, than with
the operating system itself.

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                       -- Rob