Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:13:01 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backtick versus $() Message-ID: <20110225001301.e4f6d95f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110224225425.GB13490@guilt.hydra> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102201027170.56885@wonkity.com> <4D61599E.4040008@gmail.com> <AANLkTinJKcy8NyFzW9=6yKEY%2BF_payQVM108_=B7Gyjr@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20110224T210222-768@post.gmane.org> <AANLkTinQ4MMwWq77k1t-SwqE%2BzPep6VCNS9AKdT_H08b@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20110224T214917-136@post.gmane.org> <AANLkTik88V5Bb2BWM0Kpv3rWfek9_%2BgjqmEt6UbsVjpS@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20110224T220407-811@post.gmane.org> <AANLkTikAB--0Hrw76cbdzgfmeJMPt_N7isaw%2Byn_-QMn@mail.gmail.com> <20110224234044.0df661c1.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110224225425.GB13490@guilt.hydra>
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:54:25 -0700, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:40:44PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:24:37 -0800, Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net> wrote: > > > > > > I've read it before. Who hasn't? > > > > I haven't. :-) > > While reading it, just keep this in mind: > > It's about "programming" in csh. It's not about using csh as an > interactive user shell. People who try to use it as "proof" that we > should not use csh as an interactive user shell don't get it. >From my personal experience, I know that the C shell is not the best shell for scripting, but one of the best interactive shells. The article proves the first part of my statement to be quite... accurate, as the C shell really has some specific syntax - redirection and grouping are typical issues. But well, that's not a big problem as the C shell does not claim to be command-line compatible to (ba)sh. > I see from this you are not prone to confuse programming with an > interactive user shell. I'm old enough not to be cheated that easily. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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