From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-09-05T23:41:11+09:00
Subject: Re: windows shell

Dave Burt wrote:
> Bill Kelly wrote:
> 
>>It can't even escape its own metacharacters.
>>
>>Its scripting/command language isn't remotely Turing-complete.
> 
> 
> JScript/WSH replaces shell scripts for anything too hard for a batch file, 
> and IMHO it's prettier than shell language for some things.

Or just use Ruby + Win32OLE.

James


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