| I am not going to try to answer everything at once; I still have
to absorb half of what you have presented.
Okay some history. When Dawn Banks started work on NCL she worked
with the DECmcc development team in initiating her design. As you
have figured out NCL uses something that sure looks like the DECmcc
Directors Parse Table Builder (PTB). When Dawn started she was given
all of the Director tools (MSL, DAP, and PTB). Since the original
versions I do not know if Dawn has updated to the newer PTB formats
and tool enhancements; it is my understanding that she has not,
but that NCL still uses the original versions of these tools.
Since the tools and their internal storage formats have changed
the tables created are not interchangeable; but the premise of
enrollability/extensibility is.
At this point the only data that is shared, is what has actually
already been shared and modified to meet the needs and restrictions
of NCL. Code, MSLs, and tools have all been openly shared during
the course of development.
Regarding DECdts and DNS I will see what I can do about finding
you an answer.
hope some of this helps; most of it you had already figured out.
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