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echo: delphi
to: STEVE BATSON
from: TOMMY USHER
date: 1996-07-30 09:01:00
subject: Console app

SB>Sticking my nose in ...While console apps might not be a big benefit to
SB>Win
SB>3.1, they could have value in 95/NT. Even with the GUI interface being so
SB>popular and powerful, the good ole command line does have some advantages,
SB>batch files for example, issuing commands quickly without going through a
SB>bunch
SB>of windows, etc. NT has commands that can be issued from the command 
rompt
SB>that are not DOS commands. The benefit is that these apps are much smaller
SB>without all the Windows overhead.
Thanks for the information.  I had not consider NT.  I had not
considered the overhead, but can see where it would (hopefully) be less
with a console application.
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