From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f891f,84341d9bfd06c34b X-Google-Attributes: gidf891f,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,7fc5f2ed2567dae4 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,7fc5f2ed2567dae4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-02 12:00:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!ps01-chi1!newsfeeds-atl2!news.webusenet.com!pc01.webusenet.com!news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D73B04C.4030207@attglobal.net> From: "John W. Kennedy" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win95; en-US; rv:1.0rc2) Gecko/20020512 Netscape/7.0b1 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.pl1 Subject: Re: Shell Central References: <42f85d82.0208290655.549f1e67@posting.google.com> <3d72b4c2$1$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 14:39:08 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.83.65.194 X-Trace: news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net 1030993215 67.83.65.194 (Mon, 02 Sep 2002 15:00:15 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 15:00:15 EDT Organization: Optimum Online Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.misc:3701 comp.lang.ada:28662 comp.lang.pl1:3006 Date: 2002-09-02T14:39:08-04:00 List-Id: Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote: > No. The semantics of REXX are very different from those of PL/I, and > trying to use it as if it were a simplified PL/I will lead to some > nasty bugs. IMHO that was a mistake; it would have been better had > they syntax been a lot different of the semantics a lot closer. REXX was designed chiefly to be non-astonishing to non-programmers. The PL/I similarities are no more significant than the similarities between C and PERL. -- John W. Kennedy Those in the seat of power oft forget their failings and seek only the obeisance of others! Thus is bad government born! Hold in your heart that you and the people are one, human beings all, and good government shall arise of its own accord! Such is the path of virtue! -- Kazuo Koike, "Lone Wolf and Cub: Thirteen Strings" (tr. Dana Lewis)