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- From: huang1@husc11.harvard.edu (Howard Huang)
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- Subject: Re: Why shouldn't you use csh?
- Message-ID: <HUANG1.92Dec30113834@husc11.harvard.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 16:38:34 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.150455.8053@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> <bazyar.725703550@teal>
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- In-reply-to: bazyar@teal.csn.org's message of Wed, 30 Dec 1992 08:19:10 GMT
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- bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
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- >(PS: Another thing to try, find a Sun workstation and do a man on csh. The
- > man page TELLS you you shouldn't actually try to use csh for writing
- > scripts... What's the point?)
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- Where? Could you quote the relevant text? The csh manpage is _large_ :)
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- The last paragraph of my manpage doesn't quite say that, but does say:
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- Although robust enough for general use, adventures into the
- esoteric periphery of the C shell may reveal unexpected
- quirks.
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- Hm.
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- Howard C. Huang * The MITRE Corporation * hhuang@mitre.org
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- I have yet to meet the man who is as fond
- of virtue as he is of beauty in women.
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