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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   
      
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