Re: Another MsDos batch programming challenge

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From: Timo Salmi
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 10:23

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In article <1992Sep13.225833.1665@cco.caltech.edu> nyet@cco.caltech.edu (n liu) writes:
>Once again, MsDos batch programming is such a challenge ONLY because
>command.com is such a piece of crap.

No disagreement here.

>I have yet to see a batch programming challenge that can't be be done
>in one line with 4dos (usually).

Right on the button.  But can we return to this tack when half, or
at least 10 per cent, of the 50-100 million command.com users have
switched to 4DOS.  The command.com batch programming challenges are
not a gauntlet to 4DOS afficionados.

The followups have been redirected to alt.religion.computers.

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