Subj : Re: Opinion on Pascal
To   : jagossel
From : Hemo
Date : Thu Mar 30 2017 10:32 pm

  Re: Re: Opinion on Pascal
  By: jagossel to Deavmi on Thu Mar 30 2017 06:07 pm

 ja> Re: Re: Opinion on Pascal
 ja> By: Deavmi to Ennev on Thu Mar 30 2017 10:28 pm

 >> Can we all agree though that Bash is a shit language.

 ja> In what way? What little experience I had with it, it was no different
 ja> that the strange syntax of Windows/DOS Batch scripting. I did find BASH to
 ja> be more picky, though. I will agree it's a terrible language to script in,
 ja> but I will add on the fact that it is the most picky.

Sorry to interject here, jumping into the middle of a conversation..

I would never consider Bash a programming language any more than I would DOS.

Both are more of a 'user interface', and over time capabilities were added so
someone didn't have to sit down and write a program to do something.

But.. as a scripting language, it is similar to a programming language in that
is has specific syntax for specific commands.  If you don't get the syntax
correct, you're screwed no matter what language you're working in.

I find bash useful for scripting system commands and simple text or flat file
processing.  Expect is a bit nicer when you need to react different depending
on a system or program response.  Then again, I think that is about what these
two were designed for...

okay then.. carry on..

--
  Hemo

.... I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

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