Thanks for the link. But it only addresses one aspect or potential benefit from my
request.
Having read the blog and Googled "Turing-complete", Raymond Chen's blog supports my
request.
No Office Application is "Turing-complete" and therefore VBA was completed.
I wouldn't expect Microsoft to add bulk re-naming, intelligent copying and moving
nor format-free copy and paste.
But as Microsoft has made the precedent of giving the users the ability to add their
own functionality - within reason - I see no reason why this precedent can't be
extended to the core product, Windows.
By adding VBA to Windows Explorer it wouldn't mean that it had become
"Turing-complete", but it would give the user flexibility and choice.
It would also mean that they don't have to learn MS-DOS if they already know VBA.
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fabricated insanity that nothing could be as mad as what passes for ordinary
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"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Raymond Chen summarizes some of the whys you've asked regarding Windows
> Explorer:
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> http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/ar...3/4195888.aspx
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