Posts by stephenlangton

As Dani has mentioned security is a big issue here, using root to access a server is very insecure, the password should be changed on a regular basis.
Applications should have their own access and there should also be a separate file containing security access and passwords, otherwise anytime the password is changed then so will any application that uses it, you should consider changing your code to process your data in a more secure way.

I am sorry I haven't answered your specific problem but as an old school systems programmar, using Assembler, Pascal, Cobol and C with extended compilation times we made sure we didn't have to spend time on rewriting code to handle foreseeable problems.
In particular the application was given access to read the password file not the user and it made simple password changes much easier to routinely deal with, that didn't stop a few "smart" ones hard coding the application and wondering why it didn't work, even worse if someone else had to deal with the maintenance. Many heated arguments resulted. :)

This sounds and appears like a program designed to just make the brain think, personally that is a very good idea. There are many languages available from the old to the new and they all have their purposes, the old ones made people think more about data design and structure. Modern coding makes database and screen handling much easier but doesn't enforce rules on efficient coding, most data is still stored on hard disks and an inefficient search will not only be slower but take more system resource on the remote server.
Perhaps this language will encourage more use of the best computer in the world, the human brain.