Subj : Re: 1/2 on Topic
To   : All
From : macahan
Date : Sat Dec 28 2002 11:54 pm

Or use SWATH and write scripts in a full flexed language like java. ;P

DB> Its also a bit of a blight on the scriptable telnet packages out there. 
Whilst there are some shortcomings of REXX (e.g. only token multiple source 
file support) most of the other comms packages
DB> around are worse still. Hyperaccess supports vb but is almost entirely a 
bug. Tera-term's language is more limited than REXX, and has problems on win2k. 
A few of the older progs have pretty
DB> semi-decent languages (richer than zoc/rexx anyhow), but they're typically 
unsupported with no continuing development, who knows whether they will work 
with newer OS's, and/or have weird timing
DB> delays because of having to run through various compatibility layers.

DB> Dr. bad


>>From a message by Kavanagh about Re: Re:1/2 on Topic:
>> You well answered me, it is similar to the qwerty/Dvorak keyboard.
DB>  > 
DB>  > 
DB>  > 
DB>  > >From a message by Kemper3 about Re:1/2 on Topic:
DB>  > > I think it has to do with people using Zoc.  Zoc doesn't take any 
DB>  > sort of special setup to use for tradewars, there are public scripts 
DB>  > available for it, it's still being updated, and you can use it 
DB>  > without paying for it if you want to sit through the nag screen.  
DB>  > Then, since people had REXX scripts for zoc, attac and swath decided 
DB>  > to support it too, probably in hopes of winning over users.  REXX 
DB>  > probably isn't the best language, but it works well for tradewars.  
DB>  > At this point, it's probably mainly used because people already have 
DB>  > stuff written in rexx and know the language.
DB>  > 
DB>  > On 27 Dec 2002 at 19:08, Kavanagh wrote:
DB>  > 
DB>  > > 
DB>  > > Helpers, Terminal programs:
DB>  > > 
DB>  > > From my reading here and elsewhwere the latest Swath version embraces 
ZOC (REXX, OS/2).
DB>  > > 
DB>  > > Has baffled me for years in TW. I despise microsoft crap but IBM never 
supported OS/2 - deserved to die for that - why use REXX? lots of excellent PC 
DOS terminal programs. Telemate, Qmodem,
DB> etc.

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