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   -=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    DD> Python is a "scripting" language which I never messed with.   
      
    SD> Point of order: Python can also be compiled.   
      
    DD> was all aRexx - which could get as convoluted as Basic sometimes.   
      
    SD> I use Classic REXX (can be compiled under OS/2) and bash scripts all   
    SD> the time under ArcaOS.  My BBS and Micronet couldn't function properly   
    SD> without them!   
      
    SD> I could write Pascal programs to do the work but that would add a lot   
    SD> of unneeded overhead to all of those automated tasks.   
      
    SD> I learned UCSD Pascal on a TRS-80 Model III in 1987 and still use   
    SD> Pascal (Borland syntax) to this day.   
      
    SD> I could learn to write in C--I can read C programs due to my Pascal   
    SD> background--but I have found that for me other languages suit me   
    SD> better.   
      
    SD> Though I am interested in learning to compile the elist COBOL code.   
    SD> I've always had an interest in COBOL but never have had time to sit   
    SD> down and learn it.  That time might have finally arrived.   
      
   I suppose I could learn a programming language - but at 81 and with    
   limited time left on this whirling mud ball I don't see the benefit.   
      
   I don't ever write .bat files beyond a functional equivalent that I   
   use in vDos to make Meal Master easier to use for me.   
      
   We had a bit of discussion on Cobol and Fortran at my computer guys   
   (and girls) get-together last night. The only one of us still working    
   with 'puters has his current position because he can maintain the code   
   in a State of Illinois mainframe used to run most of his agency.  Bv)=   
      
   Me, I sell car parts at AutoZone amd cuss the kiddies at the home office    
   who constantly futz with the OS (in Linux) the we use on the terminals   
   at the counter. I really hate it when I try to access something that   
   used to was easy to get to and has been buried under layers of menus   
   and steps. Or hidden entirely and must be accessed by opening another   
   program - like the catalogs for lawnmowers/garden tractors aor ATVs   
   and motorcycles/scooters or the Heavy Truck stuff.   
   ... I don't hallucinate anymore, the Thing driving the UFO cured me...   
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