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Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 17:48:01 +0100
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD installers and future direction
From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
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Cc: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org,
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On 27 May 2013 03:10, "Daniel Eischen" <deischen@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 27 May 2013, Teske, Devin wrote:
>>
>>
>> I don't think there's any reason why we have to write it in C if we can
write
>> it in sh.
>
>
> I don't really care one way or the other (C or sh), but
> I can say that I can understand(*) well structured C a lot
> better than well structured sh.  Having something more
> strongly typed certainly helps understanding.
>
> (*) Assuming some level of complexity (I know that's
>     subjective).

I think it's all down to familiarity.  I suppose sh is more resistant to
many stupid bugs and handles strings well.... But it has its own troubles
too of course.

Chris