Favorite operating systems query (UNIX vs VMS flaming!!!)

[John Woodruff]

In article <1320 at psivax.UUCP>, friesen at psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) writes:
> 	Oh, *great*:-) How does the DCL parse the arguments for a user
> written application program??

It's called SET COMMAND... you write a description of your command,
parameters, options, etc., including the runnable image name; and
give it to DCL.  Then you call a number of CLI$GETxxxx's for each
one.  Quite easy, in fact... I did it from Fortran.  I only wish
that the .CLD included documentation, and that HELP knew about the
DCL tables for such things as HELP xxx /PARAM.

I've been away from VMS for 3 years, and prefer Unix.  But let's
give VMS her due...