Amos Shapira
Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:51:42 -0700
On 09/07/06, Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
but also the CS one to teach bash programming instead of csh programming:
If you go through all this to convince them to switch - I think you'll do them a greater favour by convincing them to switch to standard Bourne Shell[1] rather than learn to rely on Bash - it will ensure greater standard-compliance and portability[2]. For instance - dig through the Debian bug tracking system and see how many bugs or changelogs mention changes made in order to avoid reliance on Bash features. They can learn, as an addendum, to use Bash interactive features and sugar toppings, but "don't put a barrier in front of a blind man" like MS does by injecting non-standard features without making them aware of that (cf HTML, JavaScript, C++, and what they tried to do to Java). 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourne_shell 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_shell#Bourne_shell_compatible Cheers, --Amos -- "(a grizzly) can tear through a tree like a Jewish mother through self-esteem." - The Simpsons ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]