The replacement for cmd.exe is powershell. It's already available in several releases, alongside cmd.exe. It is, however not backward compatible... things like invoking a program from the current directory in powershell requires .\pgm.rex rather than pgm.rex. Several other non-compatible changes too.
On 2016-12-07 11:32, Michael Lueck wrote: > Greetings Rony, > > Rony G. Flatscher wrote: >> what are your sources? > > "Say goodbye to the MS-DOS command prompt" > http://www.computerworld.com/article/3147668/operating-systems/say-goodbye-to-the-ms-dos-command-prompt.html > > >> If MS would remove cmd.exe most programs (including their owns) would break. >> Therefore it is very >> unlikely that they remove cmd.exe support. > > I do not disagree with the ripples this will cause. > > I am thankful, > -- taf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today.http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel