Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 15:34:23 -0700 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: muir@idiom.com Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Off-topic; was Re: Re: An ISP's Wishlist... Message-ID: <9602152234.AA20172@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199602151811.KAA07180@idiom.com> (message from David Muir Sharnoff on Thu, 15 Feb 1996 10:11:56 -0800)
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>>>>> "David" == David Muir Sharnoff <muir@idiom.com> writes:
David> Or #!/bin/csh
Eyuck! Although I'm not fond of Tom Christiansen, I refer you to his
article ``C Shell Programming Considered Harmful.'' Look for it at
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/faq.html.
And given all that listed in that article, also note that the csh
version of the script has a running set size of about 100k larger than
the sh version. And since it's just plain old #!/bin/csh (no -f, or
better yet, -bf), it'll read your ~/.cshrc and grab aliases, settings,
and other what-not it'll never use.
DON'T write csh scripts.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA
I think people tend to forget that trees are living creatures. They're
sort of like dogs. Huge, quiet, motionless dogs, with bark instead of
fur. -- Jack Handey
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