Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:18:00 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, plm@xs4all.nl, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tcl -- what's going on here. Message-ID: <199606240848.SAA21511@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199606240703.AAA27366@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Jun 24, 96 00:03:47 am
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > > Is 'bc' used by anything else, for example? Yet it's a useful thing to > > have. So is perl, so is Tcl, so are a number of other things. > > I thought the justification for bs was the same as the justification > for sh: POSIX 1003.2. ... so we should aspire to minimal conformance to a standard which embraces a consistent level of mediocrity? ... or is conformance to the standard meant to be a guarantee that the simple things will work as expected, so that stress can be spent on things more rewarding? > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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