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to: TIM PARSONS
from: BOB KLAHN
date: 2003-07-20 17:43:48
subject: Win9x and Arachne ?

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 TP> I've never used anything of theirs other than 4DOS, which I
 TP> was told I couldn't afford to be without some years back,
 TP> and trust me, that was /good/ advice.

 TP> The stuff you can do at or with the command line
 TP> environment with JPSoft's replacement command processor
 TP> (whichever one you use) knocks the alternatives into a
 TP> cocked hat.
...

 TP> with a single set command? The ability to write batchfiles
 TP> that work like programs - if/then/else stuff and so forth?

 TP> Sure, if you don't use a command line much, you can live
 TP> without it. If you spend any time there, you'll wonder how
 TP> you did without it for so long...

 Ok, I'll give it a try. I'm a command line believer myself. I
 keep telling my co-workers to learn to use the keyboard instead
 of the mouse, cause I'm a true believer.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... There's no such thing as a user friendly program with a 600 page manual.
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