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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.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!newsfeeder.sdsu.edu!ucsnews!rohan!mgutierr From: mgutierr@rohan.sdsu.edu (gutierrez) 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? Followup-To: 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 Date: 30 May 1996 04:30:33 GMT Organization: San Diego State University Computing Services Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4oj899$fol@gondor.sdsu.edu> References: <4mlpnf$d4p@sidhe.memra.com> <4muhf9$giv@phobos.Candle.Com> <4npu4t$c7j@access1.digex.net> <4o0a60$9ff@kf8nh.apk.net> <petrichDs5Fv9.5Cr@netcom.com> <4ohcuv$772@ari.ari.net> <4oi5m1$5un@orion.cybercom.net> <4oimos$7fd@nuke.csu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.191.143.100 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.fan.bill-gates:22741 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:108089 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:143321 comp.os.os2.advocacy:206090 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:110001 comp.os.linux.advocacy:50496 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20334 joseph coughlan (joseph_coughlan@otter.monterey.edu) wrote: > >I guess Cory's never seen VB in conjunction with OLE Automation. "This > >can't be scripting, there's no text screen, no Emacs, no pipes??? I'm > >soooo confused!!! Time to think of a clever way to bash Microsoft!!!" > You've not recognized the limition of NT, no scripting language. > Brains Sturgill ported REXX to NT for purposes of addressing this > limition. > It exists. VB is not the answer. How about Perl5 with OLE automation? Perl is the answer not REXX, and the port was funded by MS! > >MS does it with VB or any other OLE Automation client. > Which are not part of the base OS. Who cares? It's freely available. Anybodody whose serious enough to do some scripting should be smart enough to access an ftp site and download the binaries. ftp://ntperl.hip.com :x -- mario l gutierrez mgutierr@rohan.sdsu.edu