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Date:      Tue, 16 Jul 2002 19:17:06 +0100
From:      Antony T Curtis <antony.t.curtis@ntlworld.com>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        Jon Mini <baka@elvis.mu.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: An odd scripting language
Message-ID:  <3D346322.1060902@ntlworld.com>
References:  <20020716073232.GD55378@elvis.mu.org> <200207161715.g6GHFauH034332@grimreaper.grondar.org>

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Mark Murray wrote:
>>However, I am intruiged by your assertion here. It implies that perhaps
>>a good direction to try would be to build a scripting language that is
>>tied to FreeBSD, but contains elements that makes it easy to pick up
>>by people who are already comfortable with the popular scripting languages.
> 
> A solution here may be to pick up an earlier scripting language
> that has been abandoned, but is nevertheless useful. I'm specifically
> thinking of Perl4, but I imagine that TCL, the lisps, the BASICs
> and other older "Toy" languages may yield up a useful base for an
> OS-specific scripting language.

I would suggest REXX... It's a mature scripting language which is 
drifting off into the sunset. It is easy to pick up - being a bit like 
BASIC... The only thing is - How would IBM react to it?

Actually, I think IBM's Mike Colinshaw would love his language being used...

>>This is an interesting concept. Fraught with problems, but nonetheless
>>interesting.
> 
> 
> Yes. _Very_ interesting :-)
> 
> M



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Antony T Curtis BSc     Unix Analyst Programmer
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/antony.t.curtis/


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