Of course... a few more VMS questions... ;-)

27 Apr 2000

...
   That is, DIR
<...> ? 
Can I be curious?  I left off I think (1988) before angle brackets
came in to existence, or at least in use at my office. 
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.

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Of course... a few more VMS questions... ;-)