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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: marketing vs. demerit
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Date: 1 May 88 02:31:44 GMT
References: <1988Apr11.201934.20594@utzoo.uucp> <451@goofy.megatest.UUCP> <1988Apr24.004626.3209@utzoo.uucp> <2605@ttrdc.UUCP> <2725@bsu-cs.UUCP> <1079@maynard.BSW.COM>
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In article <1079@maynard.BSW.COM> campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) writes:
[much omitted]
>So there is no _technical_ reason why DCL couldn't easily have multiple
>commands per line, and reasonable control structures.  The reason it
>doesn't is cultural -- the VMS people have a FORTRAN mentality.

I forwarded Larry's entire article to comp.os.vms, where the VMS
experts will spring to its defense.
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Rahul Dhesi         UUCP:  <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi