From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 7 04:01:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3CDF1065673 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 04:01:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy3-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy3-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.54.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9DBBF8FC12 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 04:01:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 24833 invoked by uid 0); 7 Jun 2010 04:01:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 7 Jun 2010 04:01:05 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=TGHqCDR7rCrUdcl5j4GLkA/CgXsQKUHwl7ZteIDtj8hiODRrXAMz3F2BOTtaiyA78vVFTFvtSnuS8jfd85YEYT2xDKCtEAtr+mUO3D6wywyThf4yN9fnxsyk2Pb8NFnF; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OLTWK-0001uN-8C for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:01:05 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:00:41 -0600 Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 22:00:41 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100607040041.GB29350@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100605231715.GD69990@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100606163136.GA27788@guilt.hydra> <20100606175043.GA46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100606182148.GB28095@guilt.hydra> <20100606183258.GC46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="s/l3CgOIzMHHjg/5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100606183258.GC46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: which is the basic differences between the shells? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:01:05 -0000 --s/l3CgOIzMHHjg/5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 11:32:58AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > >=20 > I was a tcsh user before switching to zsh. But I was raised on the > Bourne Shell, and used Korn shell a lot in the 90s. The C-shell versions > of control flow commands always tripped me up, even though they're > arguably more sane -- just because the sh versions flow off the > fingertips. So sh-compatibility was my main reason, but I like the > features of csh that zsh cherry-picked. Given my preference for (t)csh syntax over sh syntax for an interactive shell, I guess that doesn't give me a whole lot of motivation to try it out. Another response to my question discusses some other benefits, though. . . . Thanks for your perspective. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --s/l3CgOIzMHHjg/5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkwMbukACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVzLQCeI0s/NeeGqcjfbiIq/rHBqusn tmIAnRZWXaMaF7i0MYGiu3XmZotpfzFF =h1sT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --s/l3CgOIzMHHjg/5--