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Subject: RE: fortran follies and un*x vs VMS
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Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 20:22:00 EDT
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	Hooray for cetron (ed ????): he hit the nail on the head. All
these flames and silly bickering about un*x and VMS (great american nits
and how to pick them :-} ) misses the point entirely. Un*x may be more well
suited to interactive usage for sophisticated users, and for elegant
toolbox type approaches. Likewise, some people prefer the wordy (but somewhat
intelligible :-) ) VMS DCL interface. The two OS's were designed for 
different purposes, and the fact that VMS can't, say, fry eggs, but Un*x
can, is completely beside the point.

        Pick the best tool for the job, or the best tool available to
the client, and use it what it was designed for, whether it's VMS, or
Un*x, or PC-DOS, RT-11, Ingres, Dbase III, or Lotus123!!!