Novel Thoughts on Scripting and Languages

[Mike Meyer]

judoscript at hotmail.com (James Huang) writes:

> Perl and Python programmers are all material witnesses
> of how scripting can greatly improve productivity. That's
> why scripting languages enjoy great success. Scripting
> means that we can issue OS commends from within a
> full-fledged programming language -- a scripting language.
> 
> Have you ever thought about scripting more areas, such
> as SQL, XML, EJB, SGML, HTTP, E-mail and GUI, the way you
> script OS commands, all at once? Think about it!

I have. I've written in it. It's called Rexx. Where JudoScript is as
much a multi-target scripting langauge as this article is novel, Rexx
is the real McCoy.

And I'd still rather write Python.

        <mike
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