[Info-vax] DCL Integer Overflow

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2017-07-02 kl. 23:41, skrev Simon Clubley:
> On 2017-07-02, Robert A. Brooks <FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> wrote:
>> On 7/2/2017 1:21 AM, mcleanjoh at gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>  From the June 2017 VMS Roadmap, under "Research Areas" (slide 3) ...
>>>
>>> "Additional Scripting Languages"
>>>
>>> I guess we'll learn more the track but maybe it will incorporate 64-bit
>>> integers and all the associated changes that this would require (e.g. lexical
>>> functions overlaying system services).
>>
>> The thought is that DCL will always be the command parser, and some other
>> language (likely open source) would be used for scripting.
>>
> 
> Will you be running this scripting language as a normal user mode
> (not supervisor mode) image without any privileges other than those
> already granted to the user ?
> 

Isn't that how perl, Python and similar tools are run today?
And if so, why change anything?


> I know it's only supervisor mode, but I am also aware of Stephen's
> comment that there's apparently a way into kernel mode if you can
> get into supervisor mode.
> 
> Simon.
>