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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
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Subject: Re: PJBS for Python
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 13:36:00 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-01-19, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jan 2025 19:47:46 -0500, Arne Vajh�j wrote:
>
>> ... then it does not even run on VMS - it has to run on Linux or
>> Windows.
>
> Imagine if VSI had followed the strategy I suggested those years ago, to 
> simply get rid of the VMS kernel, keeping just DCL and the userland APIs, 
> and reimplementing those on top of Linux. So many vistas would be open now 
> that are otherwise shut.

As you have already been told, people have done exactly that. Multiple times.
And yet there is still a need for "real" VMS or VSI would never have existed.

Simon.

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