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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!newsgate.duke.edu!news.eff.org!sed.psrw.com!wariat.org!kf8nh.apk.net!news From: bsa@kf8nh.apk.net (Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH) Newsgroups: alt.fan.bill-gates,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,alt.org.team-os2,alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Is Microsoft's Internet plan more about its love of power than about users? Date: 22 May 1996 20:06:24 -0400 Organization: Brandon's home server in Parma, Ohio Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4o0a60$9ff@kf8nh.apk.net> References: <4mlpnf$d4p@sidhe.memra.com> <4mrg49$pok@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <4muhf9$giv@phobos.Candle.Com> <4npu4t$c7j@access1.digex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kf8nh.apk.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.fan.bill-gates:22460 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:107076 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:140690 comp.os.os2.advocacy:204388 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:108206 comp.os.linux.advocacy:49951 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:19872 Also sprach rdd@access1.digex.net (R. D. Davis) (<4npu4t$c7j@access1.digex.net>): +----- | >or better yet, get an OS with a REAL batch language built in (BTW - when | >IS Microsoft going to ship an OS with a real batch language built in?). | >These people probably spent a couple of hours figuring out how to do | >this stuff. Most of these things can be done in 5 minutes with REXX. | | ...and probably in less time on a UNIX system with shell scripts. +--->8 Perl scripts, yes. Awk scripts, often. Shell scripts? Not! The shell is very flexible, but even awk has problems duplicating e.g. PARSE PULL. On the flip side, REXX is also available for Unix. -- ++brandon s. allbery from home in parma, oh bsa@kf8nh.apk.net (work address) bsa@telotech.com