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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
> 
> Georg == Joerg ?
> 

Blap!!  and he say ouch!

Sorry about that.