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Article #1776Re: What is 'expect'
From: Tom Christiansen
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 1990 14:55
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 1990 14:55
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In article <7316:Nov1408:33:0390@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes, quoting Randal: >And if you just want to stick to sh for the automation, do so. Why learn >a different language---whether TCL or Perl---if you don't have to? Because, Dan, when we're too old to learn something new, we're already dead and someone might as well just shoot us so the rest of the world can get on with life. TCL and Perl offer significant control advantages that are not simply expressible in that ancient and tired tool, the shell. Please stop disparaging other people's work, and please stop the constant commercials for your own, at least on a daily basis. There is a time and a place for everything. UNIX is an environment that well lends itself to multiple forms of expression. Pluralism is not a bug, but a feature. Learn something new every day. --tom
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!convex!convex.COM From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: What is 'expect' Message-ID: <108721@convex.convex.com> Date: 14 Nov 90 14:55:46 GMT References: <~|&^%V&@rpi.edu> <1990Nov13.212403.11129@iwarp.intel.com> <7316:Nov1408:33:0390@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Sender: news@convex.com Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) Organization: CONVEX Software Development, Richardson, TX Lines: 23