[bind10-dev] command line syntax for bind10

[Danny Mayer]

Paul Vixie wrote:
> noting that i'm not on this list and my replies will have to be approved
> by a moderator, i want to make clear, i hated DCL, and i'm not talking
> about DCL here.  i'm talking very specifically about NCL.
> 
> what i'm hoping for is an assertive declarative language with strong verbs
> and qualifiers.  "ADD NODE DECWRL ADDRESS 10::455" for example.

I liked DCL because at least it was consistent and helpful. Sometimes
the options got a bit awkward but at least you knew what to expect and
the help was at least helpful. NCL style language that you are talking
about also shows up in Windows today but I am less certain about Windows
consistency. To do that, someone has to lay down the law on how to add
to the language and enforce consistency.

While you are looking at issues like this, another VMS feature was the
ability to put all of the messages in one file and just point to it.
This made multi-language support easy at the cost of extra work by
programmers. This is also done well in Windows using the string table in
the rc file.

Food for thought.

Danny