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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Subject: Re: Comparison of Alpha, MIPS and PA-RISC-II wanted
- Message-ID: <id.OG2W.USA@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <BzGn32.37C@dscomsa.desy.de> <42743@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <1992Dec22.142358.188@indyvax.iupui.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:23:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.142358.188@indyvax.iupui.edu> imhw400@indyvax.iupui.edu writes:
- > > pipes
- > got it
-
- $ DIR | SORT
- %DCL-W-MAXPARM, too many parameters - reenter command with fewer parameters
-
- > > make
- > got it
-
- When did that show up. I once spent a week writing make for VMS because it
- wasn't there.
-
- > > transparent networking
- > Hahahahaha. Got it. Had it years earlier.
- > > network file sharing
- > got it
-
- You mean, like you have to put your login name and password in the file
- name, in quotes, to access files on a remote system. Nice security
- feature. Ever hear of shoulder-surfing?
-
- > > choice of shells
- > got it
-
- Damn, can't seem to find any but DCL.
-
- > > machine independant, choice of vendor freedom
- > VMS runs on two architectures now, maybe more later
-
- Doesn't run on my PC.
-
- > > simplicity
- > got it
-
- OK, quick, without looking it up. Is it
-
- delete queue/entry=
- or
- delete entry/queue=
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