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From: ksahin@easyaccess.com (Koro)
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Subject: Re: Why no M$ AppleScript or Rexx imitations?
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:24:54 GMT
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"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... :-)