Subject: Re: Struggling with RiscBSD: Update
To: Scott Ashcroft <ashcroft@campus.bt.com>
From: Ale Terlevich <A.I.Terlevich@durham.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 09/17/1997 08:13:57
On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Scott Ashcroft wrote:
>
> Learning to program the bourne shell is important though as its best
> for scripts (you know it will always be there). Don't even think about
> csh scripting.
>
I do keep hearing this, and as a non computer scientist (I just (ab)use
UNIX systems all day long) noone's ever told me why!
So I'm asking you all now, What's wrong with (t)csh scripting?
I mostly use perl for anything complex anyway. Nothing wrong with that is
there? :)
Ta,
Ale.