On Sunday 22 September 2013 15:46:52 Gene Heskett did opine: > On Sunday 22 September 2013 14:49:21 Dennis Lee Bieber did opine: > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 02:22:59 -0400, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> > > > > declaimed the following: > > >I was quite pleased to see that there was a Rexx/Regina for linux, > > >and for about 10 minutes thought I could make use of the library of > > >ARexx code Jim & I had carved up and had running on the amiga, but > > >was very disappointed to see that Regina wasn't coupled to the os > > >itself in any way, causing our scripts to barf and exit within the > > >first 3 or 4 lines of code. > > > > > No surprise given the lack of real /interactive/ IPC in Windows and > > > > Linux. A version of REXX running on (Open)VMS might have a chance -- > > as VMS Mailboxes were a (protected memory equivalent) of Amiga > > message ports... So a means of "address other_application" could be > > mapped to opening "other_application_port". > > > > I vaguely recall once using the "advanced" calls from the back of > > the > > > manual, and having multiple ARexx scripts talking to each other via > > "address other_script" > > We did that dozens of times a day on every machine we owned, which at > the time was about just in the commercial production rooms.
s/about just/about 6 just/g > > >I've seen python doing some heady stuff in the last 5 years, but the > > >learning curve is pretty steep for my now aging wet ram, which will > > >be 79 years old in a few days, so the scripting language here at the > > >Heskett Ranchette is bash, and there is quite a boatload of that > > >running as background daemons right now. So I lurk, reading what > > >goes by, hoping I'll learn enough python from osmosis to get > > >comfortable with it. From all indications, it is todays "ARexx" of > > >scripting languages. > > > > > Having been spoiled by ARexx myself... No... Python will never be > > > > /that/... Even subprocess.popen() doesn't allow for the easy control > > of other programs. One is stuck with M$ COM (the win32 extension > > library or, more portable maybe [if the libraries are ported] ctypes > > to do what "address ..." did in ARexx. > > Then it seems to me that work in the direction should be an active > feature request. Unforch, as I've said before, I'm rowing this barge > with a toothpick for an oar. :) > > I would be interesting to see if the "bait" is taken. :) > > Thanks Dennis. > > Cheers, Gene Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://gene.homelinux.net:6309/gene> should be up! Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored as well as destroy the object on which it is poured. A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
