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From: orc@pell.com (Orc)
Subject: Re: VMS,WNT,Alphas was re: interested in PowerPC...
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References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3depog$npm@fnnews.fnal.gov> <1994Dec25.185702.1@ucsvax> <D1HHvD.3Hs@indirect.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1994 23:22:26 GMT
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Love the crossposting, and *none* of these groups are appropriate. I'll
change the followups just a wee bit.

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In article <D1HHvD.3Hs@indirect.com>, Barnacle Wes <wes@indirect.com> wrote:
>In article <3depog$npm@fnnews.fnal.gov>, morphis@FNALA.FNAL.GOV wrote:
>[Regarding VMS and Windows NT]
>> Dave Cutler was a prime mover for both, and yes there are some striking
>> similarities (so I am told) between them.
>
>nschrems@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu wrote:
>:  Does this mean WNT doesn't have redirection?
>
>Redirection?  If you're talking about I/O redirection on the command
>line, who says VMS doesn't have that?

  And, at least when you're doing it from DCL, it's so *easy* and
*intuitive* -- rather like trying to tune a F14 engine with a large
rock.

                ____
  david parsons \bi/ sys$output:=this::[system.is]fucked, or am I getting
                 \/                                             confused?