wab said:You're right. You should really compare VMS to Unix, which came out something like 10 years earlier. I *hated* DEC's DCL compared to the elegantly simple Unix command line.
You be the judge.
ls /bin
or
DIR [U1:SYS$SYSTEM.BIN]*.*;*
(or something like that; I've thankfully forgotten the syntax.)
In fairness to VMS, I think the last two characters are redundant. Wouldn't just "DIR *.*" give you all the versions as well?
Speaking of which, the VMS automatic version-numbering feature is the only one I have ever wished other operating systems would copy. Quite a good idea, that one.
Bpp