sebb wrote:
Like Perl, the CRTL is in many ways trying to be more compatible with
UNIX behavior than it is with expected VMS behavior. Unfortunately
But Unix does not have chained logicals, so there's no behaviour to be
compatible with.
What about UnionFS? I think that some unixes can have multiple
heterogeneous file systems mounted this way, appearing as one file system.
OK, the paradigm is not the same as a VMS search list, but it may be
possible for F::S::S's view to accommodate both in a similar abstract way.
Ivor.
