Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Cozens <simon@example.com> writes:

    Simon> On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 04:24:46AM +0900, Jonathan Q
    Simon> wrote:
    >> At least some do, but of course that's just shell envy because
    >> they wish they had a shell that good :-)
    >> 
    >> I second that about tcsh; it's the next best thing to bash.
    >> Because, of course, it behaves more like bash than those other
    >> shells do :-)

    Simon> So, you've not come across [...]

Nor "Csh Considered Harmful," apparently.

My only serious encounter with csh certainly reinforced the teaching.
csh scripts are more like coaxing a 3-year-old than like programming.

    Simon> [...] zsh, then? :) </jihad>

Be careful who you point that comparison at, zsh users might take
offense.

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