[Info-vax] Hard links on VMS ODS5 disks

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-08-25, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> 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?
>

Yes.

Simon.

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