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Article #7060Re: GNU Script isn't fixing something that's broken, so is doomed
From: Tom Christiansen
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 1994 03:15
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 1994 03:15
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:-> In gnu.misc.discuss, bkuhn@justice.loyola.edu (Bradley M. Kuhn) writes: :In article <BOBO.94Nov4122055@avogadro.arc.nasa.gov>, :Mark Friedman <bobo@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov> wrote: :>In article <396t37$geq@csnews.cs.Colorado.EDU> Tom Christiansen :><tchrist@mox.perl.com> writes: : [Tom's dislike of lispy sysadmin deleted] : :>Tom, you repeatedly complain about having lispy sysadmin files and :>comparing GEL to shell languages (i.e. (k|ba)sh and perl) or text filters :>(i.e. sed, awk). But GEL is not meant to be used like those :>languages. It is meant as an extension language (like elisp or Tcl) to :>be part of an application. :> : : :However, at some point, many sysadmin programs will have a common extension :language. In herd, this will be GEL, I am sure.... Apparently the config files WON'T be in cambrian jello, so I'm not sure what sysadmin program actually NEED an extension language. Well, ok, don't get me talking about sendmail. :-) --tom -- Tom Christiansen Perl Consultant, Gamer, Hiker tchrist@mox.perl.com Remember why the good Lord made your eyes -- Pla-gi-a-rize! --Tom Lehrer
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f891f,9bda08f2f068881f X-Google-Attributes: gidf891f,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9bda08f2f068881f X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-05 19:15:48 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!tali.hsc.colorado.edu!boulder!csnews!mox!tchrist From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com> Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: GNU Script isn't fixing something that's broken, so is doomed Date: 6 Nov 1994 03:15:48 GMT Organization: Perl Consulting and Training Lines: 29 Message-ID: <39hhp4$lgq@csnews.cs.Colorado.EDU> References: <394kll$kso@csnews.cs.Colorado.EDU> <396t37$geq@csnews.cs.Colorado.EDU> <BOBO.94Nov4122055@avogadro.arc.nasa.gov> <39gv0u$bhe@love.loyola.edu> Reply-To: tchrist@mox.perl.com (Tom Christiansen) NNTP-Posting-Host: perl.com Originator: tchrist@mox