[Info-vax] VSI roadmap

[David Jones]

On Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 1:09:41 PM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 2) Have you ever seriously worked with RMS ISAM files in production use ? 
> I have, and they are a bloody great big pain in the backside to manage 
> and make record changes to, even minor changes. 
> 
> Having ISAM files where the records are a series of structured fields 
> instead of something that looks like a digital version of a punched card 
> would be something that would have been a hell of a lot easier to maintain.
> Simon. 
> 
> -- 
> Simon Clubley, clubley at remo_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP 
> Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.

Yes, I have (prolog 3). It is a hassle, but it would be several times worse if I
had to maintain a consistent index or coordinate shared access without RMS.

Direct access to a relative file organization was a solution to certain kinds of
problems back in the day, so RMS added support for that as well.