In <1307526334117142.wa.jbendichaustin.rr....@bama.ua.edu>, on 07/23/2011 at 12:27 AM, "Justin R. Bendich" <jbend...@austin.rr.com> said:
>No matter what the version, perl is an abomination unto the LORD. De gustibus. I would describe C in those terms. >Really, you can't use REXX? I do use Rexx, and have even published an article on it. However, I have found that even a high quality screw driver makes a lousy hammer, and for some tasks Perl is far more suitable than Rexx. >Maybe with a dash of ASM thrown in? BTDT, GTTS -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html