On Fri, 5 May 1995, Stan Sieler wrote:
>[snip]
> If the majority wants a command instead of a programmatic thing, then
> that simply means one thing:
>
>    they want a command.
>
> It DOESN'T mean:
>
>    the majority is right;
>
> With programmatic access, a trivial program can be written by almost
> anyone...and (almost certainly)...several will pop up in the CSL.
 
For the record, several already exist in the CSL to do this
already.  You are correct on the programmatic interface.  Any
enhancement should include:  intrinsic access (AIFs perhaps);
FINFO (command line), and an MPE command.  This should be
for all intrinsics, like FOPEN, FREAD, FWRITE, etc.  Just
my opinion, of course.
 
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