[Info-vax] DCL, DLM, APIs, RAS, RuleWorks, etc

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/27/2022 7:18 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 10/27/2022 5:20 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 10/27/2022 2:03 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>>> Also showing OpenVMS development's longstanding proclivity for 
>>> flexibility over
>>> usability, combined with the avoidance of having opinions, but I 
>>> digress.
>>
>> Three cheers for flexibility ...
> 
> Itemlists are not that bad. Sometimes the flexibility is really nice.
> 
> API's with itemlists just tend to come with a learning curve.

And it is also worth noting that when Linux copied the
DLM concept then they kept the API pretty similar to VMS:

https://linux.die.net/man/3/dlm_lock

Arne