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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Help a student in distress....
- Date: 9 Jan 1993 22:37:35 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <20242.2b4c180e@ul.ie>
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- In article <20242.2b4c180e@ul.ie>, 9120092@ul.ie writes:
- >Call me a buthead but I've got a few rather simplistic questions to
- >pose to the great VMS minds out there.
- >(1) How come DEC manuals have most of their examples in Fortran?
-
- Probably for historical reasons: Remember, when VMS was invented, FORTRAN was
- the most commonly-used programming language in existence (no, I don't consider
- COBOL to be a programming language).
-
- >(2) In DEC's RMS who does the FAB and the RAB work, is it much different
- > from the FAT in Messy Dos (TM) ?
-
- The FAB is a data structure used to store information regarding how a file has
- been opened or how it's going to be opened. The RAB is a data structure that
- contains information regarding such things as the location in a file at which a
- particular stream is currently positioned, what sort of record access is being
- used, and so forth. Both of these are used to pass information back and forth
- between the application and RMS.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-