[Info-vax] Command Procedure Pipe output to a variable

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Fri Oct 8 19:32:53 EDT 2021


On 10/8/2021 6:58 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 4:39:17 AM UTC+13, Stephen Hoffman
> wrote:
>> Logical names are I/O system variables, and are accessible to
>> (most) file system clients.
> 
> Just another kind of “symbol”. You know, as in “symbolic” of
> something. The kind that is commonly kept in a “symbol table”
> somewhere.

It the level where kept somewhere is sufficient then is is probably
fine to consider logicals to be kind of symbols.

But if one actually need to use the thing then it is very much
necessary to know whether it is a symbol or a logical.

Arne




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