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Re: Dealing with multiple scripting languages (was: Elinating the 'rx' from AREXX)

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From: Charles Brown
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1989 00:53
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> 				All scripting languages worth their salt
> have some sort of comment syntax. So, make some unique pattern that can be
> used to identify a script language, and allow it anywhere in the first couple
> of lines of the script (in the first couple of lines to allow for programs
> that use a seperate line to indicate a comment pseudo-op, or need some magic
> on line 1):

Oh joy!  A breath of fresh air!  This proposal takes the desirable
part of what was proposed earlier while nicely avoiding the pitfalls.

> /* $$SCRIPT(RX $*) */

> .key whatever
> ; $$SCRIPT(EXECUTE $*)

> # $$SCRIPT(BAWK -F: $*)

> %{
> /* $$SCRIPT(INSTANT-LEX $* S:MAIN.C)

> Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva      `-_-'

Thank you Peter.
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From: charles@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Charles Brown)
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Subject: Re: Dealing with multiple scripting languages (was: Elinating the 'rx' from AREXX)
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Date: 29 Aug 89 00:53:26 GMT
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