DCL?!?! OMG! VAX/VMS... that's what I grew up on. I know what you mean with the quotes. I hated that way you had to multiply quote things... to get quotes output correctly. I used to be able to code DCL in my sleep! I miss VMS because it had so many things going for it (particularly security)... and file versioning. Oh well... back to my Linux/OSX/Solaris/AIX/HPUX. --- In php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Atkinson, Robert" <ratkinson@...> wrote: > > I've seen this used, as you've pointed out, as a reverse-pipe command, i.e. > take input from. In fact, my own native language has DECK/EOD verbs that > allow similar. > > I just hadn't seen it used in quite this same way, to negate escaping, but I > like the idea. > > I write a lot of 'web' code in a language called DCL, and it's a pain in the > backside to have to write a quote as """. It means I can't simply copy and > paste from one App to another, in the same way 'hereis' in PHP would allow > (barring $variables of course). > > Rob. >
