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Article #981Re: Dealing with multiple scripting languages (was: Elinating the 'rx' from AREXX)
From: Darin Johnson
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1989 02:21
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1989 02:21
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In article <44364@bbn.COM> cosell@BBN.COM (Bernie Cosell) writes: >Actually, the OS could just set up the file pointer to the script file to be >_just_past_ the first line, so that the comment conventions of the particular >program would be irrelevant. > /Bernie\ How about just using the comment field in the file header? Most people don't use these, and if they do, they can just put the magic sequence at the beginning and the comment afterwords. (Just keep the same syntax, but use an already existing field, seldom-use field, saving a very tiny bit of disk space) Darin Johnson (leadsv!laic!darin@pyramid.pyramid.com) We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!pyramid!leadsv!laic!nova!darin From: darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Dealing with multiple scripting languages (was: Elinating the 'rx' from AREXX) Message-ID: <677@laic.UUCP> Date: 22 Aug 89 02:21:22 GMT References: <1989Aug8.214011.3351@agate.berkeley.edu> <1989Aug14.015608.21854@agate.berkeley.edu> <4117@sugar.hackercorp.com> <44364@bbn.COM> Sender: news@laic.UUCP Reply-To: darin@nova.UUCP (Darin Johnson) Organization: Lockheed AI Center, Menlo Park Lines: 16