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- From: steiny@steiny.com (Don Steiny)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: Shell Scripts vs. C programs
- Keywords: shell script, C
- Message-ID: <119@steiny.com>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 02:48:12 GMT
- References: <1992Aug31.211738.1909@tjhsst.vak12ed.edu>
- Organization: Don Steiny Software
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- nurban@tjhsst writes:
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- >I've heard that if at all possible, code a program as a shell script
- >rather than coding it in C. Can someone explain the rationale behind
- >this philosophy?
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- BZZZ - shell scripts are non-portable, there is no error checking,
- and they have many other problems. For very short programs shell
- might be better, but in general C is better for many reasons.
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- -don
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