Re: GNU Script isn't fixing something that's broken, so is doomed

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 1994 20:04

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In article <PREECE.94Nov3090625@predator.urbana.mcd.mot.com>,
Scott E. Preece <preece@urbana.mcd.mot.com> wrote:
> You might also spend some time articulating why you think Visual Basic,
> which already has a significant claim on that functional niche, isn't a
> reasonable answer, assuming you think it isn't.

It has the same problem as AREXX and Python, in that it's a procedural
and algebraic language, and it's got no spec, it's tied to the Windows
ABI, and the only implementation is tied to a proprietary operating
system and there's no source available.
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