[Info-vax] DCL Syntax

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 08/29/2018 02:33 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2018-08-28 18:54:54 +0000, John Reagan said:
> 
>> You need the /TREE qualifier for DELETE to match the behavior. 
>> (Personally, it should have been /RECURSIVE and not /TREE but nobody 
>> asked me)
> 
> The use of /TREE was likely related to one of the more common tools used 
> for this purpose: DELTREE.
> 
> And yes, /RECURSIVE would likely have been a better and more obvious 
> choice here.
> 
> You and the other folks at VSI are also in a position to do something 
> about that and about other DCL syntax, too.
> 
> 

Yes, but considering the potential impact on existing already
written procedures is it worth making little cosmetic changes
like this when everyone (even me) understood the old meaning?

bill