On 19-Apr-00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Currently, the beta release of /Command has ODBC, external library
> (DLL) calls, and shell command access. But, I thought you wouldn't
> want to hear from us until we also had encryption, asynchronous
> messaging, network service management, full XML support, modules
> (namespaces), on-demand component loading, tasking/threading, etc. So,
> we didn't make a big deal out of the beta 1 release.
How about addressing message ports in programs, in the way that ARexx
does on Amiga and presumably AppleScript on Mac?
New OSes such as Neutrino need a scripting language which will do the
same job as ARexx. It's too late to add this functionality to the old
OSes such as Mac or Windows - there are too many programs out there with
their own proprietary languages, such as Director's Lingo.
For those who are not familiar with ARexx, the idea is that each program
has a message port, and a script sends messages to this port which have
the same effect as normal mouse or keyboard controls. One script can
control and link together several programs. Although this happens to be
done with a version of Rexx on Amiga, it could be done with any language
on any message-passing OS.
The point is to enable true multitasking.
Regards
--
Don Cox
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
