Re: Clair Grant on VMS code base

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.