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From: coleman@sask.UUCP (Geoff Coleman)
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Subject: Re: Re: Favorite operating systems query (UNIX vs VMS flaming!!!)
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Date: Mon, 30-Jun-86 03:12:47 EDT
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> 
> Before you get the idea that I am a rabid UNIX hater, I actually like some
> features of unix. I prefer VMS for it's consistancy, reliability and
> versatility. There are many unix emulators on VMS because it has the power
> and flexability to do a lot of different things easily. I have never seen
> a VMS emulator on unix however. And as for the good things about unix,
> I have ported or duplicated them on VMS so that I now have the best of both
> worlds.
> -- 
    Why would anyone want to emulate VMS on a UNIX machine. Most people just
leave good enough alone.
	By the way have you ever tried to link a VMS program which uses 
libraries with circular calls (ie. a routine in library A calls a routine in
library B which calls a routine in library A). I tried linking a graphics 
program the other day with just such a setup and I ended up listing each 
library twice thus you get one very long command line.

> 					Random (Randy Buckland)
> 					Research Triangle Institute
> 					...!mcnc!rti-sel!rcb

Geoff Coleman

disclaimer: these are not opinions