From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 7/8/2025 7:40 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 18:14:32 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >> On 7/8/2025 5:58 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>> Note that, on *nix systems, shareable libraries can be specified   
   >>> directly on the command line, without having to go through options   
   >>> files. Why does the VMS linker need options files for this common case?   
   >>   
   >> /SHARE in command line means producing a shareable image.   
   >>   
   >> /SHARE in option file means linking with a shareable image.   
   >>   
   >> Different meaning based on context.   
   >   
   > Given that the VMS DCL syntax was specifically designed to allow a   
   > distinction between per-file qualifiers and global qualifiers, this seems   
   > like a strange limitation, don’t you think?   
      
   Not really.   
      
   First I don't think a verb qualifier and a per-file qualifier with same   
   name will work well.   
      
   Second even if it did work, then I think it would be confusing   
   to have the qualifier in a command line with two different   
   meanings.   
      
   Arne   
      
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