Re: VMS x86-64 database server

On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 22:18:27 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

On 7/8/2025 7:40 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 18:14:32 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

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On 7/8/2025 5:58 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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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?

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/SHARE in command line means producing a shareable image.
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/SHARE in option file means linking with a shareable image.
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Different meaning based on context.

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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?

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Not really.
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First I don't think a verb qualifier and a per-file qualifier with
same name will work well.
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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.

You make it sound like allowing different contexts for qualifiers is a
bug, not a feature.