Re: Why not BASIC ? (was Re: GNU Script ...)

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From: Ian Collier
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 14:11

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In article <JOELH.94Nov21134411@pollock.math.swt.edu>, joelh@pollock.math.swt.edu wrote:
|For all its high points (including that it meets our criteria above),
|REXX always tends to be just a little bit short of powerful enough.

|(doning asbestos underwear) Perhaps we could extend REXX, however, and
|adapt it.

What exactly have you in mind?

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Subject: Re: Why not BASIC ? (was Re: GNU Script ...)
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