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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!EU.net!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!clothos.candle.com!phobos.candle.com!news From: rgoer@rgoer.candle.com (Ralph Goers) 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: 28 May 1996 05:01:32 GMT Organization: None to speak of Lines: 52 Message-ID: <4oe1bc$b2b@phobos.Candle.Com> References: <4mlpnf$d4p@sidhe.memra.com> <4mrg49$pok@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <4muhf9$giv@phobos.Candle.Com> <4npu4t$c7j@access1.digex.net> <4o0a60$9ff@kf8nh.apk.net><4mlpnf$d4p@sidhe.memra.com> <4mrg49$pok@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <4muhf9$giv@phobos.Candle.Com> <4npu4t$c7j@access1.digex.net> <4o0a60$9ff@kf8nh.apk.net> <4o4616$gg@anorak.coverform.lan> Reply-To: rgoer@rgoer.candle.com NNTP-Posting-Host: rgoerrmt.candle.com X-Newsreader: NeoLogic News for OS/2 [version: 4.5 YO Beta] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.fan.bill-gates:22668 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:107808 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:142619 comp.os.os2.advocacy:205611 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:109466 comp.os.linux.advocacy:50352 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20202 In message <4o4616$gg@anorak.coverform.lan> - brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)24 May 1996 12:20:06 +0100 writes: :> :>Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (bsa@kf8nh.apk.net) wrote: :>: Also sprach rdd@access1.digex.net (R. D. Davis) (<4npu4t$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. :> :>What's PARSE PULL ? Isn't that just a "read" ? Not quite. PULL will read off the stack. If the stack is empty then it reads from stdin. In addition, the PARSE part of this allows you to parse the input - sort of like using a format specifier. :> :>: On the flip side, REXX is also available for Unix. :> :>IBM are getting respectable these days... or did someone else port it ? In case you didn't know, IBM sells AIX, its version of Unix. REXX for AIX is extremely inexpensive. :> :>-- :>Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> :>Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... Ralph My opinions are my own and are not necessarily those of my employer