Oh, now I get the drift. So there is a bash scripting language. On that
note am I to assume that I can do everything in Perl that I could do with
bash scripting and more? That it, in a very wide sense, a superset?
Jim
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> > > Is it comparable (in capability) to VMS DCL?
> >
> > I've never even seen DCL code, but I'd be willing to bet you a dollar
> that
> > Perl blows it away. :-)
>
> I haven't used DCL since the mid-80's, but it's really just the shell
> scripting language for VMS. Therefore, comparing it to Perl is like
> comparing Bash (e.g.) scripting to Perl. Perl is a general purpose
> programming language, and DCL isn't. ;-)
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