[Info-vax] Hard links on VMS ODS5 disks

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Fri Aug 25 20:23:34 EDT 2023


On 8/24/2023 6:08 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2023-08-23 14:35, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2023-08-22, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>> VAX + VMS                               Eclipse MV + AOS/VS
>>> ---------                               -------------------
...
>>> kernel in Macro-32 or Bliss             kernel in assembler
>>> utilities in Macro-32 or Bliss or HLL   utilities in Algol dialect
>>
>> Based purely on what you write above, the use of an Algol dialect for
>> writing their userland code is a _massive_ win over the DEC approach
>> and _far_ superior to the way DEC did things.
>>
>> Wish DEC had done the same.
> 
> I think when it came to utilities, very little was in Macro-32, and most 
> were in Bliss or some other HLL. Can't say that I'd consider everything 
> written in some Algol dialect to be a massive win over that.

Isn't DCL or at least large parts of in Macro-32?

Arne






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