[Info-vax] OpenVMS development tooling (was: Re: VSI strategy for OpenVMS)

[Lawrence D’Oliveiro]

On Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 9:52:33 AM UTC+13, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> Using GUIDs—as some platforms do—avoids that whole UIC/UID/GID mess.
> (Who really cares about the actual numeric values?

If nobody cares about numeric values, why use them? Why not use names instead?

> Same for app-specific usernames. Who cares?

You have to use something for identification purposes, and that something has to be either a number or a name.