[Info-vax] Very simple DCL question

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2023-01-01 17:25:08 +0000, Arne Vajhj said:

> On 1/1/2023 12:02 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> 
>> I'd usually suggest reading the manuals.
> 
> Fair enough.
> 
> But sometimes it is not easy to find the right place.

The docs need help, yes. So too do the defaults.

>> ...
>> Somebody (and I'm pretty sure I know who it was) did fix the @ 
>> documentation in the DCL Dictionary, not that most folks will know or 
>> will remember that @ is documented there. 
>> https://docs.vmssoftware.com/vsi-openvms-dcl-dictionary-a-m/
> 
> Yes. And it points to DCL_CTLFLAGS bit 3.
> ...

P9 to P16 should have been enabled by default, and disabled with 
DCL_CTLFLAGS when or if that was needed.

Make the defaults better over time. Not worse.

Compatibility inevitably extracts its costs in complexity and confusion 
and effort.

Look around. This DCL feature has been available for over a dozen 
years. And few here even knew of its existence. That's a problem.


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