On 06 Apr 05  06:23:08, Raymond Yates got back to Danny Ceppa 
-> Re: the cold, cold ground

 DC> The term comes from punch card systems.
 
 DC> Each set of cards was called a "batch".

 RY> Batch files came before scripts (at the user end) because the user did
 RY> not have access to the screen... the scripts were the domain of the
 RY> sysop who took in the batches, and had the power to assign
 RY> priorities.. the user if he was lucky, got back the original cards,
 RY> and a printout.. 

We always got our cards back with the list of OK ERROR ERROR  
ad infinitum!   The compiles would stop all processing after the 
first error found in a program.  

 RY> In the greater scheme of things batches and scripts were developed
 RY> about the same time, but were seperated by who used what..

 RY> At least in my experience.. 

That's why I had fun with dBase/dBXL programming.  It would notify 
of an error but it didn't fully kill the program at that point. 
Other sections would run and "maybe" work!  

At least you knew where the error was and concentrate on it 
and not worry too much for the card(s) right after it.   


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