Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 21:17:16 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The worst error message in history belongs to... BIND9! Message-ID: <20070704031716.GB39459@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <468b072c.U1AQhNvKe3aLmLhT%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <200707031344.l63DiEbo098703@dc.cis.okstate.edu> <20070703163610.GA6012@ayn.mi.celestial.com> <468b072c.U1AQhNvKe3aLmLhT%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 07:34:20PM -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > >> This is actually just the difference between sh and bash ... > > > > > >differences in, say, arithmetic handling and loops can sometimes > > >mean rewriting parts of shell scripts depending on whether it is > > >going to run in BSD or Linux. > > > > That's a major argument for doing things in python or perl as > > they are consistent across all platforms ... > > If one is going to require the installation of something that may > not be part of a base system, that something might as well be bash :) Isn't Perl part of the base system these days? -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Amazon.com interview candidate: "When C++ is your hammer, everything starts to look like your thumb."
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