27 Apr
2000
27 Apr
'00
7:25 p.m.
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 06:32:48PM -0400, CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com wrote:
They're compatible with the more conventional
"[" and "]" brackets for
specifying directories in VMS. The general concensus seems to be that they
were put in so folks migrating from TOPS-20 (where angle brackets are the
standard way of specifying directories) would be more comfortable.
... which I assume is also the reason why both VMS and RSX allow "." in
place of ";" when specifying a file's version number, since that's what
Twenex
does.
John Wilson
D Bit