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|    Re: Uses For MCR    |
|    05 Sep 25 08:32:40    |
      From: arne@vajhoej.dk              On 9/4/2025 10:02 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:       > Everybody seems to use “MCR «x»” as a shorthand for “RUN       > SYS$SYSTEM:«x»”. (Oh, and I think it allows passing command-line       > arguments as well.) Does anybody use any of the other capabilities of       > MCR? Does anybody even *know* what they are?              Most people just use it to avoid defining a symbol       for foreign command.              (no need to use it if RUN will work)              Can it do anything interesting besides that?              Arne              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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