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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Clair Grant on VMS code base
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 08:14:03 -0000 (UTC)
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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.