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Article #244Re: Sort problem . .
From: Boyd Roberts
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:41
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:41
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In article <rsqmjvp.messina@netcom.com>, messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes: > > Hm. Okay, maybe we look at it differently. I find modifying source > to suit my particular need and then saving another version faster and > *much* easier and more understandable for the future than writing > wrappers that *should* *usually* work. The point that Tom and I understand all too well is that sort of argument doesn't stand up when you've got multiple architectures to support. Sure, the change may be trivial, but re-compiling and re-installing a whole swag of binaries can be incredibly time consuming. And then you may be faced with doing it all again when you upgrade to a new OS. Scripts (god forbid -- even perl scripts) save a lot of time because they don't need to be compiled. Just one copy into a globally visible bin. Boyd Roberts boyd@prl.dec.com ``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!decwrl!pa.dec.com!decprl!decprl!boyd From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Sort problem . . Message-ID: <1992Jul31.154144.15004@prl.dec.com> Date: 31 Jul 92 15:41:44 GMT References: <33pmg <1992Jul31.000822.13317@convex.com> <0fqm1cp.messina@netcom.com> <1992Jul31.115559.11391@convex.com> <rsqmjvp.messina@netcom.com> Sender: news@prl.dec.com (USENET News System) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Paris Research Laboratory Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: prl313.prl.dec.com