[Info-vax] Suggested enhancement: bypass symbol definitions when executing DCL commands

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2021-06-01 17:38:14 +0000, Simon Clubley said:

> I wonder how many other people didn't know about this either given the 
> number of comments here about still placing a character at the end of a 
> command ?


Local preference would be tools that better handle symbol scope, which 
DCL does not do at all well.

I've used SET SYMBOL mostly defensively, though prefer to append a character.

Particularly prefer it interactively, as SET SYMBOL will invariably 
blow out some other needed symbol.

DCL is a creature of the 1970s, with ~forty years of baggage.



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