Re: Invalid Operating System

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From: Peter da Silva
Subject: Re: Invalid Operating System
Date: 14:40 on 11 Dec 2006

On Dec 11, 2006, at 1:32 AM, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> Once you are hitting these shell bounds, you are likely (or even 
> should)
> switch to a language that *is* portable: python, perl

I would personally rather write in Version 6 shell than Python or Perl, 
particularly Perl... which has almost all the flaws of any UNIX shell 
and few if any of its advantages... but I get your point for programs 
where dataflow isn't the dominant theme. Unfortunately, there's few 
languages better than the shell and anywhere near as widely available 
that does as good a job as the UNIX pipeline/filter approach.

There's stuff above here

H.Merijn Brand 07:32 on 11 Dec 2006
- Peter da Silva 14:40 on 11 Dec 2006
  - H.Merijn Brand 14:53 on 11 Dec 2006
    - too deep to show
Dominic Mitchell 07:47 on 11 Dec 2006
- Peter da Silva 14:46 on 11 Dec 2006

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