Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:24:37 -0800 From: Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net> To: Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backtick versus $() Message-ID: <AANLkTikAB--0Hrw76cbdzgfmeJMPt_N7isaw%2Byn_-QMn@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <loom.20110224T220407-811@post.gmane.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102201027170.56885@wonkity.com> <4D61599E.4040008@gmail.com> <AANLkTinJKcy8NyFzW9=6yKEY%2BF_payQVM108_=B7Gyjr@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20110224T210222-768@post.gmane.org> <AANLkTinQ4MMwWq77k1t-SwqE%2BzPep6VCNS9AKdT_H08b@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20110224T214917-136@post.gmane.org> <AANLkTik88V5Bb2BWM0Kpv3rWfek9_%2BgjqmEt6UbsVjpS@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20110224T220407-811@post.gmane.org>
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On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org> wrote: > Rob Farmer <rfarmer <at> predatorlabs.net> writes: > >> Have you used the default FreeBSD shell (tcsh) recently? > > tcsh is not a shell. Well, it=92s an interactive command line > interpreter, not a bad one compared to what else is offered > at that, but=85 > (New) people will still copy and paste commands into an interactive tcsh, so it is a good idea to be compatible when posting stuff to the mailing lists, etc. if possible. There was something on the ports@ list a while back, about PRs for new ports, where this came up. > http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/ > I've read it before. Who hasn't? And I find it unconvincing, since it is just a list of shortcomings. If those shortcomings don't affect me, why do I care? -- Rob Farmer
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