[Info-vax] Suggested DCL enhancement

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/4/2020 9:29 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <rnuc5e$3n9$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
> <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>> On 11/4/2020 6:20 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> In article <rnsqui$vbo$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
>>> <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>>>> Given how VMS is used today (practically no end users working at the DCL
>>>> prompt),
>>>
>>> How do you know?
>>
>> Terminal and command line are not for end users today. Not on
>> VMS. Not on any other server OS.
> 
> That depends on the definition of "end user".  Of course, if "end user"
> is defined as someone who doesn't use the command line, or excludes
> developers, then it's a tautology.  There are certainly people (how
> many, I don't know) who do no system management at all and who are not
> developers but who work at the command line.

Traditional division is:
* system managers - they people taking care of the system
* developers - the people creating the applications to run on the system
* end users - the people using the applications to do whatever the 
purpose of the system is

Arne