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

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2017-07-12 20:12:18 +0000, David Froble said:
> 
>> Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>
>>> This scheme instead would be pretty close to 0% upwards compatibility.
>>
>> Not true at all.  All the code you've written, with the exception of 
>> usage of "changed" system services, will still run.  No re-build 
>> required.
>>
>> The alternative would be to stiffle improvements.  Which would you 
>> choose?
> 
> You're rebuilding OO.   Badly.
> 
> 

I don't care if it's OO, or something else, as long as it's callable, easily, 
from all VMS languages.

Now, are you saying if it's not what you want, that it's automatically wrong?

Improvements are improvements.  They do not all have to follow some specific 
guideline.