Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!andy
From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ARP compatibilty for WB 1.3
Keywords: ARP WB 1.3
Message-ID: <4862@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 28 Sep 88 21:46:15 GMT
References: <1468@ektools.UUCP> <1988Sep25.153034.18670@ziebmef.uucp>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1988Sep25.153034.18670@ziebmef.uucp> stevex@ziebmef.UUCP (Steve Tibbett) writes:
>What did CBM add, out of the blue, to 1.3?  an Eval command that will take
>exactly TWO numbers and ONE mathematical operation, and print a result.  It
>won't even let you be flexible about spacing ("eval 2*2" prints 2, I believe).

Well, actually, I didn't hear about an ARP eval until after we released
a simple Eval on 1.3.  Of course, everything about 1.3 is, by definition,
out of the blue, until after its been released.

The 1.3 eval is pretty limited, but still useful.  It's mainly
for use by scripts for really simple operations (making unique
file names, converting strings, quick hex to ascii conversions, etc.)
It wants each number in a seperate argument, which is actually
useful for scripts, since generating arguments is easier than
building strings.

It does the simple jobs that I use @ for on the Sun, however.
For complicated expressions, use Arexx :-)
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