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damn...
didn't bother reading the whole thread but your last post only.
I hope to see you joining in the small group that keeps knocking on ruuds shoulder about the enchangements that are vital.
at least your bacground says you might have something to say what comes to best practise opinions etc.




Actually it's the other way round.
I got reasons to do what I'm doing. In some of my REXX DLL extensions I'm even using assembly code. So what? That's MY choice. I don't complain about someone doing things differently, but I don't like people complaining about not using some w31rd M$-library that isn't supported on all the required (for me!) platforms. You know how much CLINICAL software costs? So telling me to "upgrade" is just non-sense. If it works, why change it. Because of a function-call in a login-script? Are you kidding me? Some people probably have too much money, well we do not. We don't throw it out like crazy madmen.

Also just get a clue and take a look at REXX. You would be astonished on how advanced it is in comparsion to e.g. KiX or VBS. REXX was designed centuries ago for IBM/390 mainframes. I have to admit: KiX *is* the way to go under Windows (instead of VBS), but it's not the best scripting language ever (no offense intended).