10 Feb
2020
10 Feb
'20
11:11 p.m.
On 2/5/20, Arthur Krewat <krewat(a)kilonet.net> wrote:
Have't seen mention of TOPS-10, or TOPS-20 for
that matter... shortening
commands was a great time saver. Problem was, next time they added a
command, muscle memory had to relearn.
DEC's DCL (Digital Command Language) was used on TOPS-20 and VMS. It
required that all commands be unique in the first three characters,
and allowed abbreviation.
-Paul W.