PICK OS

From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Sat Apr 10 17:26:44 1999

> I saw an interesting book at the library today about something called PICK
> OS. I didn't get to look through the entire book, but I read enough to see
> that it refers to directories as dictionaries. It seems to take a novel
> approach, but I know nothing about it. Haven't even heard of it. Does
> anyone here know more? Does anyone here have the PC version (mentioned in
> the book)?

I don't have the PC version of PICK, or any books. I've heard a little
about PICK. It's geared toward database work (the "dictionary" term
indicates a database-style implementation, rather than just being a funky
name).

The unappealing thing about PICK (for me) is that it's not extensable like
UNIX -- for a while, BASIC was the chief programming language. Then there
was another one (some sort of command language) which created the unpleasant
situation that you had to mix languages, because you couldn't do everything
you might want in a single language. Maybe things have changed now.

I'm sure there's a PICK FAQ somehwere. If you look harder at the library
(or look at a college library) you'll probably find some more books too.

-- Derek
Received on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 17:26:44 BST