Subj : Re: Opinion on Pascal To : Hemo From : Deavmi Date : Sat Apr 01 2017 11:37 am On 2017-04-01 05:52 AM, Hemo wrote: > -=> Jagossel wrote to Hemo <=- > > Ja> Re: Re: Opinion on Pascal > Ja> By: Hemo to jagossel on Thu Mar 30 2017 22:32:01 > > > I would never consider Bash a programming language any more than I would DOS > > Ja> No argument from me on that point. I get it's not a programming > Ja> language in the fact that there is no code to compile. I never said > Ja> that it is a programming language. > > > But.. as a scripting language, it is similar to a programming language in th > Ja> at > > 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. > > Ja> I totally get that. My point is that other languages (both scrpting and > Ja> programmimg languages) have SOME room for minor differenes in > Ja> whitespacing. > > Ja> Again, I have VERY LITTLE experience with BASH and I get tripped up > Ja> from time to time when I do use it and I have to look up some things in > Ja> the manual. > > Ja> Examples of where I stumbled a bit: > Ja> - Spaces inside the square brackets > Ja> - The special switches for if a directory or file exists or doesn't > Ja> exist > Ja> - Accepting argumemts > Ja> - Defining functions first before calling it > > > no arguments from me on any of that. I find the more languages one tries to > learn, the more confusing it can be as things do vary between them. Sometimes > quite a bit. Sometimes little things, like the result when comparing strings. > C returns 0 when they match, which still trips me up, becuase most other > languages I may use return 1 or true when strings match. > > ... Weeds! No, that is my vineyard! Ever heard of dandelion wine? > --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49 >  � Synchronet � - Running madly into the wind and screaming - bbs.ujoint.org > 0 makes sense. It usually is always like that. It is a neutral number. --- þ Synchronet þ KK4QBN + (706)-422-9538 + kk4qbn.synchro.net + 24/7/365 .