>But not since >No one writes new win16 or DOS or batch files. More than you'd think (CMD files are still supported). Fortunately the syntax is too basic for i

>But not since >No one writes new win16 or DOS or batch files. More than you'd think (CMD files are still supported). Fortunately the syntax is too basic for it to be used too much. However, EXCEL+VBScript runs the financial world. Is VBScript a good language? Shell and VBScript have some half-decent insights for their time, but they have remained stuck while programming languages have improved. The reason people write less CMD files - because Microsoft improved with Powershell.