Re: Why use U* over VMS

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 1990 21:35

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In article <1990Oct26.131224@wsl.dec.com> gringort@wsl.dec.com (Joel Gringorten) writes:
> Oh, I see.  You consider the fact that VMS supports multiple file and record
> types to be a bug.  Some people consider things like ISAM file support built 
> into the runtime library to be a feature.  

Run-time library, yes.
Operating system, no.

You should not have to know what format a file is in to do things like
search it for text strings.

> The C runtime library under VMS supports stream files as the default file type
> as well as supporting the full complement of standard C lib file routines.

True, but only for files created by the C runtime library.

> It's also a whole lot more user friendly.

Yep. Everything is an option to "SET".
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
+1 713 274 5180.   'U`
peter@ferranti.com

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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Why use U* over VMS
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