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Article #7084Re: GNU Script isn't fixing something that's broken, so is doomed
From: Ian Collier
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 1994 11:41
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 1994 11:41
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In article <id.IWEE1.A3H@nmti.com>, peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) wrote: [visual basic] > 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. I couldn't really let you get away with associating REXX with these comments... If you restrict yourself to the Amiga then that might be true but in general the only one of these comments which applies to REXX is that it is a "procedural and algebraic language" (and there's nothing wrong with those, or is there?). Ian Collier - Departmental Lecturer (and perpetual postgrad student) - imc@comlab.ox.ac.uk - Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD - WWW Home Page: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/users/ian.collier/index.html
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f891f,9bda08f2f068881f X-Google-Attributes: gidf891f,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9bda08f2f068881f X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-04 03:41:33 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!pipex!uknet!comlab.ox.ac.uk!imc From: imc@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Ian Collier) Subject: Re: GNU Script isn't fixing something that's broken, so is doomed Message-ID: <5568.imc@uk.ac.ox.prg> X-Local-Date: Friday, 4th November 1994 at 11:41am GMT Originator: imc@client21.comlab Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory References: <19941102T005432Z.enag@naggum.no> <PREECE.94Nov3090625@predator.urbana.mcd.mot.com> <id.IWEE1.A3H@nmti.com> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 11:41:33 GMT Lines: 19