Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nexus!mike From: mike@nexus.UUCP (Mike Hickey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Command interfaces Message-ID: <118@nexus.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 17:44:01 EST Article-I.D.: nexus.118 Posted: Fri Dec 4 17:44:01 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Dec-87 23:29:52 EST References: <1257@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <6840002@hpcllmv.HP.COM> <9555@mimsy.UUCP> <798@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> Organization: Nexus Inc., Washington DC Lines: 16 Summary: TOPS-20 style parser Greetings! Having been a TOPS hacker of sorts, all this discussion piqued my interest. Regarding a script language, there was PCL (Programable Command Language) available from C-M University. You were able to "install" new commands into TOPS complete with arg evaluation and arg help using the '?'. As for a parser under un*x, Columbia Univ. has been working on a version of the COMND system call (that did all the parsing) written in 'C'. There is a newsgroup that handles info but the address escapes me right now. Perhaps this will jog someone else's memory....