In a recent note, Binyamin Dissen said:
> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:34:50 -0400
>
> :>The user would rather use line mode than panels. I am not sure what
> :>their reasoning is.
>
> Why not find out? Tell him there is a better solution.
>
Perhaps not; consider the programming effort. In linemode Rexx:
say "Enter datum:"
parse pull datum
What's the equivalent using panels? I suspect it's more
than two lines of code. Is the clientele large enough and
the program used frequently enough to justify the difference
in effort.
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