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Date:      Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:31:05 +0000
From:      Mark Drayton <mark.drayton@4thwave.co.uk>
To:        Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OT: Which programming shell, sh or csh?
Message-ID:  <20010223153105.A17466@tethys.valhalla.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102231016020.3063-100000@www.bellnetworks.net>; from jim@freeze.org on Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:21:11AM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102231016020.3063-100000@www.bellnetworks.net>

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> I am writing some small scripts for our users to help them interact
> with cvs. I have looked at using either sh or csh, but I cannot find
> any information as to why I would choose one over the other.

I've never used csh myself, but I've read several documents saying it
shouldn't be used. See Tom Christiansen's article for more info:

http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~sivann/pub/funnypics/computers/csh-programming-considered-harmful.html

Cheers.

-- 

Mark Drayton

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