Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 09:36:10 -0700 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The worst error message in history belongs to... BIND9! Message-ID: <20070703163610.GA6012@ayn.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <200707031344.l63DiEbo098703@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200707031344.l63DiEbo098703@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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On Tue, Jul 03, 2007, Martin McCormick wrote: >Paul Chvostek writes: >> This is actually just the difference between sh and bash. You'll see >> the latter error if you type `a = 5` in bash in any OS. It just so >> happens that most Linux distributions don't have a real sh: > > I kind of thought that was the real issue. While >something like this is maybe slightly annoying at times, the >differences in, say, arithmetic handling and loops can sometimes >mean rewriting parts of shell scripts depending on whether it is >going to run in BSD or Linux. That's a major argument for doing things in python or perl as they are consistent across all platforms. While perl has a well deserved reputation for looking like modem noise, it's certainly no worse than shell scripts. Pure /bin/sh is very limited in its constructs compared to other shells such as ksh, bash, etc. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 Marijuana will be legal some day, because the many law students who now smoke pot will someday become congressmen and legalize it in order to protect themselves. -- Lenny Bruce
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