[randomswede]

Likewise Digital, all VMS error codes are "SUB-S-NAME" (so a permissions error when dealing with a file woule be something like "%RMS-E-NOPERM" (I think that's "rotating mass storage" rather than "Richard M. Stallman"). I think that even harks back to various OSes on the PDP-11, but cannot say for sure.

[kjellsbells]

Im always amused when I see the HN community get excited about something that the greybeards figured out 40 or 50 years ago. Turns out grandma knew what she was doing after all. If only there was a better way for the wisdom of sages to be transmitted to this generation without eyerolling over IBM and DEC.

Now get off my lawn!