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- From: glover@credit.erin.utoronto.ca (Mike Glover)
- Subject: Re: Really stupid questions
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.193905.3273@credit.erin.utoronto.ca>
- Organization: University of Toronto, Erindale Campus
- References: <009653DD.EFDB4180@vms.csd.mu.edu> <1992Dec18.043623.23417@credit.erin.utoronto.ca> <1992Dec18.085204.10316@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 19:39:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.085204.10316@leland.Stanford.EDU> dkeisen@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dave Eisen) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec18.043623.23417@credit.erin.utoronto.ca> glover@credit.erin.utoronto.ca (Mike Glover) writes:
- >>>3) Which shell is better? I am currently using /bin/csh, but people keep
- >>> telling me that I should use the Bourne shell. /bin/sh
- >>Heres a horseshoe in your world...How about tcsh. I believe it to be the best
- >>shell I have run across yet. I have used sh/csh/tcsh/ksh. Of all of them
- >>I believe tcsh to be heads and shoulders above the rest. If you are doing
- >>shell programming I prefer sh (but thats a personal choice)
- >
- >I agree with your answers to all 4 questions, including your
- >recommendation of tcsh. All I disagree with is your statement
- >that for shell programming you prefer sh as a personal choice.
- >
- >Nope. No personal choice here. sh is flat out better than csh.
- >See Tom Christiansen's article "C Shell Programming Considered
- >Harmful" for some reasons why.
-
- I was reluctant to recommend a programming shell with Perl becoming so
- popular. I agree sh programming is far superior to csh. But from what
- I understand sh barely holds a flame to Perl programming. (I've just
- started Perl programming and I really like it alot)
-
- Just my $0.02. :)
-
- ttfn,
- Mike
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