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Originally Posted by Leffmann
I think it's the other way around. Being able to call external tools allows you to do pretty much everything, while having an ARexx port does not.
If your IDE is not scriptable, and you only have an ARexx port, then how would you go about automating your build process?
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My point is that only having the ability to call external programs is limiting, because now you have to have the right tools, or you have to write them.
Also having a full ARexx port, and a full script language makes things much easier. FrexxEd has all this. In fact, you use it's ARexx port and it's ability to call external programs through it's script language FPL (which is basically just C). This allows you to do just about anything by simply writing some scripts. If something would become too slow, you still have to use an external tool or write some code.