On May 24, 2007, at 4:04 AM, Sander Temme wrote:
On May 23, 2007, at 4:39 PM, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
[ ] Revert to "|foo" to invoke foo, and
add "|$foo" syntax to launch foo via sh
I like this one the best, since it consumes fewest resources in the
default case.
[ ] Retain "|foo" to invoke foo through sh, and
add "||foo" syntax to directly launch foo
These were the best solutions I could come up with, others are
welcome.
However, the indirection through the shell is now the default case
and has been for quite a while... I figure dropping it now might
violate the principle of least astonishment.
I prefer the first one, but given the circumstances see myself
tending towards the second alternative.
+1...
