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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Win32 (was:Re: Go SCSI! Big improvement...)
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> * SCO had a product called Visual Tcl which they used for system admin
> scripts.  From what I know, they had appropriate `back end' programs
> that would use the appropriate user interface (X, CUI) to interact
> with the user from the script.

I'd suggest wksh instead.  There is now a book on it, and sample
scripts exist on the AT&T FTP site and provide sufficient information
about the grammer to allow you to implement most of the necessary code.

Personally I'm not that impressed with interpreted GUI environments.
VC++ applications start on the order of 5-10 times faster than VBASIC
apps, even when using the same DLL's and OCX's.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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