Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:46:17 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another tool for updating /etc -- lua||other script language bikeshed Message-ID: <86pr2rmhkm.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <9bbcef731003241507i1372134br257c11b7b105dc9e@mail.gmail.com> (Ivan Voras's message of "Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:07:06 %2B0100") References: <201003231108.45102.jhb@freebsd.org> <hod31p$qlc$1@dough.gmane.org> <201003241002.56335.jhb@freebsd.org> <hod8p8$iuc$1@dough.gmane.org> <86mxxxe77l.fsf@ds4.des.no> <9bbcef731003241507i1372134br257c11b7b105dc9e@mail.gmail.com>
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Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > Bourne shell is a perfectly fine programming language if you know > > how to use it. > I'll agree that it's fine but only in the abstract - e.g. that it is > Turing complete :) Emphasis on "if you know how to use it". It's like Perl - it's easy to learn how to write bad Perl or Bourne shell code, but much harder to learn how to use them properly. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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