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|    Eirik =?UTF-8?B?w5h2ZXJieQ==?= to Nil    |
|    Re: So much Windows talk..    |
|    28 Oct 25 01:16:03    |
      From: ltning-september@redbench.floppy.museum              Nil wrote:              >> But most of the talk here is about Windows batch files. Which,       >> last I checked, bears but a faint resemblance to MS-DOS .BAT       >> files.       >       >Incorrect.              I stand corrected. I thought the batch language in CMD was dramatically       improved, with more advanced flow control and loop statements (akin to        4dos/ndos)? I may also have gotten things mixed up with PowerShell, which       is of course an entirely different beast.       Sorry!              >> Is this just how it has become, or is there some other group where       >> actual MS-DOS batch stuff is discussed?       >>       >> Or alternatively, is all that is needed someone to ask/talk about       >> it for this group to reclaim its former glory? :)       >       >Most of what you know about DOS batch files also applies to Windows and       >vice versa. There is little need to separate the discussions.              Roger that!              /Eirik              --       http://floppy.museum        ~ love over gold ~              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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