On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Mon, 16 May 2011 08:42:32 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > > >In <listserv%[email protected]>, on 05/15/2011 > > at 04:11 PM, Paul Gilmartin said: > > > >>certainly not in an interactive shell > > > >I'm not sure what you mean by an "interactive shell", nor why you > >would describe Rexx as being one, but there is nothing in Rexx that > >precludes compiling the entire file before executing any of it, and > >some implementations do just that. Rexx is a scripting language, not a > >shell. > > > I forked this fiber of the thread by musing: > > Yeah, you forked it up real good didn't you ;-) > http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1105&L=ibm-main&P=80293 > > I've sometimes imagined Rexx as a shell language, but it has a couple > severe flaws: ... > > We seem to be in considerably acrimonious agreement here. Because > you trimmed the essence of my remark, then disputed what remained > out of context. > > Context, schmontext. You don't expect Seymour to read all the posts in a thread do you? If he did that he wouldn't have a chance to answer questions that had already been answered days before, or to reply several times in a row to the same thread! > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > CONFIDENTIALITY/EMAIL NOTICE: The material in this transmission contains confidential and privileged information intended only for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this material in error and that any forwarding, copying, printing, distribution, use or disclosure of the material is strictly prohibited. If you have received this material in error, please (i) do not read it, (ii) reply to the sender that you received the message in error, and (iii) erase or destroy the material. Emails are not secure and can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by email. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
