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Subject: Re: Is there a database built into the base system
To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org>
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On 04/07/17 07:43, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 14:05:41 -0700
> Karl Young <karly@kipshouse.org> wrote:
> 
>> I'd suggest, Python, Perl, TCL, Ruby, ... anything but csh (or bash) for
>> a job like this.
> 
> 	Trouble with that is the OP wanted something in the base system and
> the only scripting languages in base are the shells and awk.
> 

There's also a C/C++ compiler.
It's leaving the "scripting" world, but I would go this way.