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 -- Antony T Curtis BSc Unix Analyst Programmer http://homepage.ntlworld.com/antony.t.curtis/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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