On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 15:29 -0600, Peter da Silva wrote: > tcsh is hateful because csh is hateful as a scripting language. > > As an interactive shell it's no more hateful than any other.
That unfortunately is a flawed argument. As long as tcsh exists and people use it, people will write scripts in it. Even if they are just login scripts which get gradually extended people will always be stupid enough to shoot themselves in the foot if you give them a gun and aim it down for them. (Heck, we've even seen that in this thread.) If you use a different shell for interactive use than scripting its just another unnecessary language to learn, and occasional users will end up making stupid mistakes when they keep switching between the two. Cheers, Martin.
