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From: jcmorris@mbunix.mitre.org (Joseph C. Morris)
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Subject: Re: IBM Script Language
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Date: 2 Oct 89 22:09:15 GMT
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In a recent article bill.harnell@canremote.uucp (BILL HARNELL) writes:
>I believe there is a subset of Script that runs under PCDOS (I do not
>think IBM distributes it).

IBM once had a product out called "Personal Computer SCRIPT" or some such
name, but I can't find it in the current INFO/SYS listing or in the most
recent yellow book.  I never tried it, but some who did suggested that you
have handy a copy of "War and Peace" or something equally long to read while
it processed your document.

There was also a program called ReadiWriter which I used for a while.  It was
interesting in that in the IBM mainframe product (called DCF) the system 
uses SCRIPT primitives to define GML (Generalized Markup Languag) macros,
ReadiWriter used GML primitives to define SCRIPT macros.  As far as I know
both the product and the company have disappeared.

Joe Morris