Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:33:33 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Apparently, csh programming is considered harmful. Message-ID: <20071214033333.GA3455@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <4761F17F.9030908@chuckr.org> References: <20071214010542.GA19553@demeter.hydra> <20071214022529.GA2571@kobe.laptop> <4761F17F.9030908@chuckr.org>
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On 2007-12-13 21:59, Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> wrote: >Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> On 2007-12-13 18:05, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: >>> I ran across this today: >>> >>> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/ >>> >>> Title: >>> Csh Programming Considered Harmful > > That was written sometime last millenium, I mean, it's REALLY old. The > question is sort of flamebait (you ought to go ask it on, say, the Linux > IRC channel, for well-reasoned, adult discussion (NOT!) In general, it's > right, you really wouldn't want to use tcsh as a scripting language. Read > it, you'll come out ahead, but understand, that tcsh is a heck of a good > general purpose command shell for users. Tcsh is a fine shell. I'm using it all the time (that's how I found out that a buglet reported by Kris Kennaway a few months ago was indeed a bug which I could reproduce too). I just don't like it for scripting :-)
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