Subject: Re: BSD == NIH
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: None <seebs@plethora.net>
List: current-users
Date: 03/16/1999 11:35:08
In message <199903161719.JAA05607@Cup.DSG.Stanford.EDU>, Jonathan Stone writes:
>Really? i'm at least as surprised to hear so many people depending on
>the abortion that is sh.  As a scripting language, it has csh beat,
>but the UI?

I like it a lot.  Of course, I use ksh.

I'm a big fan of command line *editing*, not just history, and I like
the POSIX-sh style.

I also find ${foo%bar} et al. easier to remember than the csh equivalents,
and more flexible.

And, of course, if you aren't using your command shell as a scripting
language, you're missing half the fun.

	$ for i in ...

-s