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)
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