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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to All   
   Re: Clair Grant on VMS code base   
   07 Apr 25 08:14:03   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 07:40:16 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 20:34:54 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >   
   >>> ... bash has got a _lot_ more functionality in it than DCL does.   
   >>   
   >> 6 times more?   
   >   
   >     ldo@theon:~> man bash | wc -w   
   >     52159   
   >   
   > I think that’s considered about novel-length.   
   >   
   > How many words are there in the DCL reference?   
      
   I suppose the reference is the “DCL Dictionary”. And that is a lot longer.   
   But then, it includes docs for a lot of commands that are not built into   
   DCL itself. You’d have to take those out for a fair comparison.   
      
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