[Info-vax] Looking into C-include files on VMS

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Steven Schweda wrote:
>> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> Michael Kraemer wrote:
>>>> Joerg Schilling schrieb:
>>>>> [...]
>>>>> I am currntly trying to compile "smake"
>>>> what's wrong with using stock "make"?
>>>> Has served well for generations of developers.
>>>> On VMS they call it "mms" or "mmk" (iirc).
>>> MMS and MMK are great utilities.
>>>
>>> But not fully compatible with make.
>>
>>    Or each other.
>>
>>    Before we waste even more time on this discussion, you
>> should know that the fellow who maintains cdrtools also wrote
>> his own "make" program ("smake"), and his own "tar" program
>> ("star").  Many things are possible, but I'm guessing that you
>> won't persuade him that MMS, or MMK, or GNU "make", or anything
>> else is superior to "smake".
> 
> So a huge dosis of NIH.
> 
> Arne

Georg has been in the Unix world for many years and his name is well 
known.  He has written a good deal of software and made it available at 
no charge.  This is, AFAIK, his first venture into the world of VMS.