At 03:42 PM 2/14/00 -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote:
>At 12:37 PM 2/14/00 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>However I would like to stop short of saying something like "VAXes - even
>>ones running 7.2 cannot go deep" since I asked on comp.os.vms about whether
>>they could and got no definitive response (Arne V. was not sure). If it
>>turns out that they do not we'll have to toss an f$getsyi("ARCH_NAME") into
>>the VMS version check in configure.com but that should not be too difficult.
>
>Yeah--anyone got a VAX running 7.2 to check this out on? (I'd bet it still has the 8
>level limit, but I can't be sure)
Section A.3, "Architecture-related Notes" in the new file spec manual says,
"the directory depth on a VAX is limited to 8 (or 16, using rooted logicals)."
<http://www.openvms.digital.com/doc/72final/6536/6536pro_005.html>
One other thing on the pod. We now refer to the compiler as DEC C, but
isn't that being changed to "Compaq C"? Perhaps all we need for now is a
parenthetical remark somewhere saying it's the same animal so that someone
who happens upon a VMS system with the latest compiler won't have to wonder
what the heck DEC C is and where they can get it. This assumes 6.2 can be
made to swallow the Perl source.
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