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#! rnews 1953 bsd 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.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.linfield.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!tuegate.tue.nl!news.IAEhv.nl!news From: "prof.ir. M. Tels" <telsmb@iaehv.iaehv.nl> 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, 5 Jun 1996 20:08:25 +0200 Organization: Swiwah B.V. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <01bb530a.190d48e0$8a4697c2@p> References: <4on6de$9rj@orion.cybercom.net> <31AF6AD0.438@easyaccess.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm5d09.iaehv.nl X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1085 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.fan.bill-gates:23200 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:109950 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:148329 comp.os.os2.advocacy:209122 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:112839 comp.os.linux.advocacy:51796 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:21090 A valid point, if only VB were a batch editor, which it is not. -- Ben Z. Tels telsmb@iaehv.iaehv.nl 74242.1322@compuserve.com > 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. > -- > KORO the Great >