[Info-vax] SET DEFAULT iterative logical name translation

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 10/23/21 7:19 PM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <2a79c8d5-1812-4fcb-a031-b30815399b06n at googlegroups.com>, =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_D=E2=80=99Oliveiro?= <lawrencedo99 at gmail.com> writes:
>> On Friday, October 22, 2021 at 11:45:15 PM UTC+13, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>> [intricacies of semantics of SET DEFAULT]
>>> So, there we have it. Isn't this brilliant? :) I run into this "gotcha"
>>> every now and then when I don't remember to place a trailing colon on a
>>> logical name, too. As far as I know, this behaviour isn't documented.
>>> Apparently the VMS developers never make this "error", so never see the
>>> problem. :)
>>
>> Could be worse. Imagine, for the sake of argument, that somebody designed an OS where you could only use a single letter to name each disk device.
>>
>> Crazy, I know. Nobody in their right mind would propose such a thing, would they? I mean, would you entrust mission-critical business functions to an OS that could only handle 26 drive letters?
> 
> ROTFLMFAO!
> 

Why?  This was at the same time when your only had 640K of
memory.  And who would ever need more?  Heck, why would
anyone ever need a computer in their house?

Hindsight is always 20/20.

bill