10 Apr
1999
10 Apr
'99
5:26 p.m.
I saw an interesting book at the library today about
something called PICK
OS. I didn't get to look through the entire book, but I read enough to see
that it refers to directories as dictionaries. It seems to take a novel
approach, but I know nothing about it. Haven't even heard of it. Does
anyone here know more? Does anyone here have the PC version (mentioned in
the book)?
I don't have the PC version of PICK, or any books. I've heard a little
about PICK. It's geared toward database work (the "dictionary" term
indicates a database-style implementation, rather than just being a funky
name).
The unappealing thing about PICK (for me) is that it's not extensable like
UNIX -- for a while, BASIC was the chief programming language. Then there
was another one (some sort of command language) which created the unpleasant
situation that you had to mix languages, because you couldn't do everything
you might want in a single language. Maybe things have changed now.
I'm sure there's a PICK FAQ somehwere. If you look harder at the library
(or look at a college library) you'll probably find some more books too.
-- Derek