Re: V7: VMS or UNIX ?
Date: 1996/07/12
Message-ID: <4s5uh3$hni_at_server.psion.com>#1/1
73733.1660_at_compuserve.com (Jonathan Gennick) wrote:
>>I'm an Oracle DBA, trained with a VMS platform-- I noticed that most people here
>>use Unix instead. I'd like to get your feedback (opinion, anecdotes, etc) on
>>which you think is the superior system and why. ...
>I have no opinions one way or the other as to which is better but I'm
>the same boat having done a lot with VMS and have just been thrown
>onto a project where I'm doing Oracle work on a Unix box. I feel like
>a neophyte again, stumbling around, getting commands wrong, etc<ggg>.
Mine is the opposite situation, I cut my teeth on a Pyramid Unix box
running Oracle V6 & Forms 3, and am now getting to grips with 'Open'
(ha) VMS on a DEC Alpha, running V7 & Forms 4.0 / 4.5. I really don't
think there is that much difference. There is one thing though: in
Unix you change directory using cd nextdirectorydown. In VMS this
translates to:
set def [HIGHLEVELDIR.THISDIRECTORY.NEXTDIRECTORYDOWN]
WHY? What is a def anyway?
Received on Fri Jul 12 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST