in reply to Lock idle terminal ?

On a Win32 system, when dealing with a lot of the core stuff, using VBScript sometimes makes more sense. For example, I'll parse XML and make a CSV with Perl, then use VBA to convert that into Word docs. I won't use Perl to make Word docs - VBA is just better for that.

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We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.

The idea is a little like C++ templates, except not quite so brain-meltingly complicated. -- TheDamian, Exegesis 6

... strings and arrays will suffice. As they are easily available as native data types in any sane language, ... - blokhead, speaking on evolutionary algorithms

Please remember that I'm crufty and crochety. All opinions are purely mine and all code is untested, unless otherwise specified.

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