22 Mar 16 14:24, you wrote to Shawn Highfield:

 SH>> I still have BP, VP and FPC here.

 MK> From my extremely limited knowledge of the subject, it seems to me that
FPC
 MK> is the winner.  VP would be second but given it's 2004 abandonware status,
 MK> which seems to coincide with the disappearance of OS/2 BBSs, I would be
 MK> hesitant to use it to compile anything current with it.  BP?  No thank you
 MK> as I have never been a fan of Borland.  Are they still in business?

not by that name and they've just been sold(out) to another company again...
this is like the second or third since borland gave it up... they're stuff is
still not properly multi-platform capable... FPC is the way to go for that if
one needs the capability... i have code here for managing satellite TLEs that
runs on linux, winwhatever and OS/2... granted, it is ascii console code but it
is still cross-platform :)

 SH>> Just a matter of actually doing it. ;)

 MK> That's the usual excuse.  Also in this case the above which is why I
 MK> prefer the bash based Fidonet thingy I've been doing as it never
 MK> requires (re)compilation.  However it is starting to look far too much
 MK> like code and less and less like a script so it might have to be
 MK> rendered to a compiler soon, gcc in the situation here, but I have
 MK> doubts I really want to do that.  My excuse is I am getting too old
 MK> for this.

maybe you could switch up the scripting language(s) you're using and do the
whole thing in one of today's scripts? python, perhaps? it might make it easier
to maintain, enhance and possibly even share with others O:)

)\/(ark

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