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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!spool.mu.edu!agate!theos.com!riscan.riscan.com!van.istar!ott.istar!istar.net!news.nstn.ca!newsflash.concordia.ca!newsfeed.pitt.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news1.best.com!news.aimnet.com!news From: ksahin@easyaccess.com (Koro) 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: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:24:54 GMT Organization: Aimnet Information Services Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4q9kf6$527@news.aimnet.com> References: <4on6de$9rj@orion.cybercom.net> <31AF6AD0.438@easyaccess.com> <01bb530a.190d48e0$8a4697c2@p> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.247.215.21 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.fan.bill-gates:23492 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:111011 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:151218 comp.os.os2.advocacy:211050 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:114191 comp.os.linux.advocacy:52637 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:21675 "prof.ir. M. Tels" <telsmb@iaehv.iaehv.nl> wrote: >> KORO the Great <ksahin@easyaccess.com> wrote in article >> > 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. >> > Like it or not, a *lot* of people use it for "something real". >> >> Configuration? With REXX, I just open up a text editor and start >typing. >> It does what I want it to with no hassle (unless I made a typo). Why >> should one need to configure a batch script editor? It's a waste of >time. > >A valid point, if only VB were a batch editor, which it is not. Boy, I'm good at this. You just admitted that VB is'nt a batch language... Thank you for reenforcing that concept for us... :-)