Re: bourne shell query

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From: Bob Goudreau
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 1990 19:43

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In article <SCOTT.90Sep6120011@tab00.larc.nasa.gov>,
scott@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Yelich) writes:
> 
>    |> Sometimes people program for the ART of it (Oh no! Did I say
that?)
>    |> for instance, which do you prefer?  Which do you consider
better
>
>    My wife and I have for a long time had an inside joke:  "I can't
>    understand
>    it.  It must be Art."  I never thought I'd apply it to a shell
>    script...
> 
> Please read the charter [?] for this group!  
> 
> I believe programming is an art... and if you program in sh, then
> that can be an art too.
 
So let me get this straight:

Making shell scripts needlessly obscure (i.e., no increase in either
functionality or performance, and a downright *decrease* in
readability) is supposed to be a *good thing* ??!!

Call it "art" if you will, and feel free to start a rec.arts.shell
newsgroup.  I prefer to call it "bad software engineering".

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From: goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau)
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Subject: Re: bourne shell query
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