From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 24 22:21:45 2011 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 3526C106566B for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:21:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.39.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EC87F8FC18 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:21:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 1598 invoked by uid 0); 24 Feb 2011 22:21:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 24 Feb 2011 22:21:44 -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=b2PVf/2Vi35dXJprISta2pAxA1nrCcUJMisS6mRgLtc9ZLAMP81qfhvp0kiPBSqcBSkwt9p2U/DMkIKeSBjD83F2cl10tztFsFCdKAJmaLqPev9WBmyvtURr1SlOHujy; 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 1PsjZ9-0000vb-B9 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:21:44 -0700 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:10:57 -0700 Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:10:57 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110224221057.GA13262@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20110224213322.GA13089@guilt.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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: Backtick versus $() 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: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:21:45 -0000 --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 09:59:40PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Chad Perrin apotheon.com> writes: >=20 > > > That=E2=80=99s a FreeBSD=C2=AE specific issue though. Other operating= systems > > > did the sensible thing ages ago =E2=98=BA > >=20 > > What exactly is "the sensible thing"? >=20 > http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/usr.sbin/user/ > user.c.diff?r1=3D1.116&r2=3D1.117&only_with_tag=3DMAIN >=20 > http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=3Darticle&sid=3D20050328171714&thres=3D0&m= ode=3Dexpanded >=20 > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.miros.cvs/3279 So . . . we've determined three things: 1. You think some measure of popularity of a decision makes it correct. 2. You don't like (t)csh. 3. You think your opinions are so self-evident that everybody will just immediately understand them, their reasoning, and the best way to proceed from there. What we have not yet determined is: 1. Is it a good idea to replace (t)csh? --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk1m13EACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUZ4ACg46px7QzK6lms/2+yRpwc+gh8 DmEAn2uErR27JY9J7JDHG/rJETjKw8sN =KPZW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--