On 14 July 2016 at 23:51, Peter Coghlan <cct...@beyondthepale.ie> wrote: > What is it that "sucked" about the VMS command line? I used it a lot and I > had some issues here and there but I found it to be streets ahead of any other > command line system I came across on anything else anywhere. > > (Not that I think we should doing os-wars re-enactments here. Too many glass > houses to start a stone throwing competition.)
This! I learned VMS at uni in the mid-1980s. It was my first proper CLI -- before that, my computing experience consisted of ZX Spectrum, CBM PET and very briefly TI 99/4A. All of those had BASIC in ROM, so they weren't true command shells. The BBC Micro had a separate OS from its BASIC and did have a sort of CLI, later more completely separated off in RISC OS -- but I couldn't afford a BBC Micro and neither could my school. I still prefer the DOS/NT shell to Unix ones, to the horror, dismay and disgust of all my Unix-using friends. The Unix shell does all kinds of fancy stuff I never need, but it makes things I use a lot, like wildcard renames, much harder than on CMD.EXE. So, yes, I liked DCL and thought it was a pretty good -- if wordy -- shell. I don't suppose I remember much now but I preferred it to Unix from my early experiences on Xenix. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR)
