[Info-vax] Access to _all_ VMS system services and library functions from DCL ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2017-07-10, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
> Now, for data layout, if the data structure is included in VMS, and "ALWAYS" 
> used as-is, and no expectations are made on data size, then after a fresh 
> compile and link, you got the new sizes, and it's up to you what you do with 
> them.  VMS can make changes.  If they are incompatible with your code, that's 
> "your" problem.  Fix it.
>

So in your way of doing things, every single program would have to
be recompiled after every single VMS upgrade before they could be used
in that new version of VMS. That's a rather "unique" way to handle
compatibility issues.

> If you're using Basic and dynamic strings, what's the problem?
>
>:-)

You might want to think about this a little bit more...

Simon.

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