Hi, thanks for a quick response. I makes sense now. Did not think about the calls with =, my bad.
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 8:26 AM Vlad Vladov <zloy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I think bash is great and more people should use it. However, it has a bit > more picky syntax than many other modern languages and shell scripts. For > example assigning a var requires having no spaces between = and var and > assignment. I think this kind of thing can be fixed while still maintaining > backwards compatibility since we would only need to accept space (0 or > more) between tokens. If someone needs to write a script for older systems > they can just follow a stricter syntax, while others can use the benefits > of more lenient syntax. What are your thoughts? > Thanks for your time, > -- > Vlad > -- Vlad C.