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In article <6420@cbmvax.UUCP> jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes:
>        What I meant is that for almost all people who use unix the fact that
>a shell is "just another program" isn't important, only the features are
>important.  I meant that few people write shells, even hackers.

Pretty much true.  But for many it's comforting to know that they
COULD easily replace the shell, were they so inclined.  [though one of
the complexity of sh, csh, ksh, tcsh, etc. is no small project...]

[...]
>        Note the "get used to it".  Also note that we are not the
>people I was refering to: I was refering to the generic user who buys
>an amiga, and in general is not horribly computer-literate to begin
>with, or is only slightly literate in one of
>msdos/C64/mac/Apple-II/ST/etc.  You know, _users_.

The generic user is NEVER going to see the sense in "#?" as a
wildcard.  Not all generic users WANT to use graphical interfaces,
though many do.  It is a very poor assumption to make that ALL do...

[...]
>        Within limits stated before: BCPL programs can't share filehandles.
>NEVER Close() the result of Output().  Don't pass it off and exit, wait until
>the other process is done with it.

Well, you COULD have the child Close(Output()), if the parent and
child agree the child is to do so, but it is definitely a poor
programming style, and hence very strongly discouraged...  but legal.

Deven
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