From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Let me just say that as the Unix shell advanced from ssh through ksh and   
   into modern bash (with some csh sidelines), at the same time that all these   
   great scripting facilities were being added to the shell-- people stopped   
   using the shell for scripting and moved to special scripting languages like   
   perl and python.   
      
   So, while I am a fan of the unix shell (and less of a fan of DCL but still   
   someone who appreciates DCL), I don't think most of the effort that has   
   gone into making a sophisticated command language has been of that much   
   use, since how people use the shell has changed.   
      
   That being the case, I would think it would be better to spend the effort   
   into getting better python integration for VMS than in souping up DCL.   
   (And I really don't like python at all... the indentation being syntax   
   reminds me far too much of JCL... but it's what everyone uses today.)   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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