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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!bofh.dot!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!felix.junction.net!not-for-mail From: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon) 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: Why no M$ AppleScript or Rexx imitations? Date: 1 Jun 1996 22:14:12 -0700 Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting - http://www.memra.com Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4or7v4$oha@sidhe.memra.com> References: <4on6de$9rj@orion.cybercom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sidhe.memra.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.fan.bill-gates:22851 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:108536 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:144544 comp.os.os2.advocacy:206751 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:110827 comp.os.linux.advocacy:50764 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20519 In article <4on6de$9rj@orion.cybercom.net>, Jerry Shekhel <jerry@cybercom.net> wrote: >No. VB has its share of problems, but what you're describing is *definitely* >a configuration problem. VB is the most widely used development environment >today, used mostly for internal development, prototyping, and front ends. Nope. UNIX is the most widely used development environment. And as for programming languages, COBOL is still the most widely used programming language and now has object oriented capabilities that allow any existing COBOL program to be treated as an object. >Like it or not, a *lot* of people use it for "something real". Like it or not, COBOL and UNIX are still *VERY* widely used. -- Michael Dillon ISP & Internet Consulting Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com