Article 146223 of comp.os.vms: In article <3186469a.503720391@news.ccnet.com>, lbohan@dbc.com (Larry D Bohan) writes: >zrepachol@alpha2.curtin.edu.au wrote: > > >> >>Now NT with X11 AND a real cli, or CLIs... >> >>~Paul >> > >or dare i say it, a vms "subsystem" >replete w/ DCL, logicals, >VMS-style print/batch queuing, >RMS, FILES-11 svr/client, >and the whole VMS RTL shebang. > >no! i didn't say that! Can't help with the rest but the DCL for WNT/95 is already available. I found the following about 3 months ago. XLNT (eXtended Language for WindowsNT) is a powerful scripting language and shell based on Digital's Command Language (DCL) found on OpenVMS systems. Some of the features in XLNT include: - Symbol Substitution (string and numeric) - Nested Command Procedures - built-in functions called Lexicals which provide various services to the XLNT procedure writer - Dynamic Error Trapping - Modularized Command Procedure through the use of CALL and GOSUB statements - WinNT command set including the use of XLNT features - In-Stream Input Data for programs within a procedure - Input / Output Redirection - Built-in Simple Batch system - Very powerful file and directory handling commands - On-Line Help and much more.... This is NOT a demo but rather a full function system. To obtain a copy of XLNT you may anonymous FTP into "ftp.advsyscon.com" (please use your e-mail address as the password). The file 00README.TXT describes the various platforms and variations (.ZIP and .EXE) of XLNT that are available.