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Article #58Re: Bourne Shell Programming Considered Harmful
From: Randal L. Schwartz
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 19:17
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 19:17
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In article <Bx4Myp.Czr@unix.amherst.edu> twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes: The command syntax really sucks, man. Yes, but at least syntactic newlines and syntactic semicolons really are synonymous. And single quotes hide even ! characters. And newlines are easy to get into strings, and ... But who programs in Bourne Shell or C-Shell when Perl is readily available? I certainly don't. Just another former Bourne shell hacker, -- Randal L. Schwartz / Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 merlyn@ora.com (semi-permanent) merlyn@reed.edu (for newsreading only) factoid: "Portland, Oregon, home of the California Raisins and Lone-Star Beer!"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!lclark!reed!romulus!merlyn From: merlyn@ora.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Bourne Shell Programming Considered Harmful Message-ID: <MERLYN.92Nov3111725@romulus.reed.edu> Date: 3 Nov 92 19:17:33 GMT Article-I.D.: romulus.MERLYN.92Nov3111725 References: <Bx4Myp.Czr@unix.amherst.edu> Sender: news@reed.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA Lines: 17 In-Reply-To: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu's message of 3 Nov 92 06:20:48 GMT