[Info-vax] Hard links on VMS ODS5 disks
Arne Vajhøj
arne at vajhoej.dk
Tue Jul 18 22:01:43 EDT 2023
On 7/18/2023 9:25 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 7/18/2023 8:47 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 7/18/2023 8:34 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> On 7/18/2023 1:13 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> I am pretty sure that if VMS kernel had most Macro-32 and
>>>> Bliss code rewritten to C, then VMS kernel would be
>>>> smaller than just systemd. :-)
>>>
>>> I have to wonder why you think re-writing in C would be "smaller"
>>> (whatever
>>> that is) than what's there today?
>>
>> Same functionality implemented in different languages
>> result in a different number of lines of code.
>
> So, you're talking about source files?
Yes.
> Do you also claim that the executable code would also be smaller?
No.
Arne
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