[Info-vax] DCL Integer Overflow

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 7/3/2017 10:27 AM, John Reagan wrote:
> On Monday, July 3, 2017 at 9:50:18 AM UTC-4, David Froble wrote:
>> Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>>> On 7/2/2017 10:14 PM, David Froble wrote:
>>>
>>>   > I guess my question is "why is anyone using integers of such magnitude
>>>   > in DCL?"
>>>
>>> When we support larger than 2TB disks, there will be issues with
>>>
>>> write sys$output f$getdvi( "big disk", "maxblock" )
>>>
>>> There is no good way to fix this (and problems like this one), other
>>> than defining a new item code that returns a string.
>>>
>>
>> Well, Ok, but, when I want to see anything about the disks, I've got a symbol
>> "SYD" that is "SHOW DEVICE D", and I'm guessing that invokes a non-DCL program,
>> which could support larger than 32-bit integers.
>>
>> I guess it is because I see "DCL" as "Digital COMMAND Language", not "Digital
>> PROGRAMMING Language".
> 
> Can I save this reply for the next discussion about replacing DCL with a scripting language like Python or even BASIC? :) :) :)
> 

BASIC already exists for those who wish to use it.

bill