marketing vs. demerit

[Rahul Dhesi]

In article <1079 at maynard.BSW.COM> campbell at 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