[Info-vax] DCL and scripting (was: Re: %PCSIUI-E-PRIVCLASS1 when using

[johnson.eric at gmail.com]

On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 3:12:08 PM UTC-5, Jairo Alves wrote:
> > > Couldn't regex be added as a lexical function?
> > 
> >   Couldn't we have a name that resembles English, instead?
> 
> With time, sometimes we get used to some rather involved names.
> 
> I mean, wouldn't F$REGEX be just like, say, F$GETSYI or F$GETJPI?

I believe it to be fair to say that the rest of the development
world (outside of VMS that is) - would expect it to be called regex
or even just re. It's a pretty well established name.

So in that sense I'd say - you did get a name that resembles English.

EJ