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Subject: vms vs unix
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Date: Thu, 21-May-87 04:33:37 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 21 04:33:37 1987
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Those who think that vms is superior to bsd for "number crunching" are
probably comparing vms fortran programs to bsd f77 programs.  Try running
the same programs under ultrix with the vax-11 for ultrix fortran compiler.
(ok, it costs $3000 for a microvax, but it costs that much to run it under
vms also).

Regardless of limits on the number of commands remembered, the command
editing facility of vms (invoked with up-arrow) is one of the few things
really nice about vms.  Shell-writers' alert!  such a facility would be a
very fine addition to unix.  how unfortunate for vms that it only works (along
with everything else) if you have a vt100 or equivalent terminal.  I'm 
convinced that DEC waited until they were no longer making money from terminals
to support Ultrix!

Fred Sullivan
Dept. Math. Sci.
SUNY @ Binghamton
sullivan @ suny-bing.csnet