On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Joel C. Ewing <[email protected]> wrote:
> When IBM took over Script, I don't know about VM but at least under MVS > they renamed it DCF (Document Composition Facility). DCF was still > commonly called Script because the internal invoking Clists on TSO were > still "SCRIPT". We started off running freebie Waterloo Script in late > 1980's, but at some point went with DCF, and then started using SGML > macros which came with DCF. At least at our installation a distinction > was always made between DCF/Script and SGML. At some point DCF software > prices got so far out of line with our need for the product that we were > forced to drop it. > > My impression was that the same IBM folks involved with SGML were > involved with GML, which either evolved into or influenced HTML. > IBM didn't "take over Script" -- Waterloo Script was separate from DCF. IBM had its own Script, called DCF. Ted: The GML definition does not include the dot-commands of Script. You're confusing how it was implemented with the definition. If you mean, "GML as implemented on VM and MVS using Waterloo Script or DCF consisted of macros, and thus included the rest of the underlying Script functionality", we're in agreement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
