Hello, Winston;

17 Jul 03 13:29, Winston Smith wrote to Robert Bull:

 >> not many DOS apps have been re-written for Win 32-bit command
 >> lines.  

 WS> Most likely you can't find the DOS app.s written in 32-bits because
 WS> they were recast in either REXX or PERL to make them more portable.

Hardly, because I'm a long-time participant in the BATPOWER echo, and I 
doubt if many of their large collection of utilities that I use so much 
have been ported to anything.  You raise an interesting point, though.  I 
use AWK a great deal, but never moved on to the near-impenetrable PERL.  
But REXX, which AIUI is something like a wondrous combination of extended 
batch language on steroids plus 4DOS and AWK all in one, might be a good 
way to go.

 WS> PERL 4.x patch level 19 can run on my IBM PCjr.  B-Rexx with Paradox

The way I heard it, PERL doesn't make much sense on single-tasking systems, 
which is partly why I never really looked at it.

 WS> Dbase extensions runs on my DOS PC as well.  Even better, their
 WS> batches can be moved from system to system,

Now =that= is most worth having!  :-)

 WS> greater use.  There is even a version of Regina REXX for the DOS PC,
 WS> although B-REXX is a bit more optimized for your basic DOS PC.

I have a copy of BREXX20.ZIP here somewhere and I have a copy of Regina 
REXX somewhere at work, neither really looked at.  My real problems are at 
work, where I presently have Win95 and Win98, but will probably be forced 
onto XP some time in the next few months.  That seems to mean I should look 
for a newer version of Regina REXX, and check out the O'Reilly Web site for 
a book.

     Regards,

              Robert.

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