Marc Herbert wrote:
> If the shell was "real" programming language, then we would not have
> such a massive ban on setuid scripts (I am not saying setuid is a
> great feature, this is not the point here; the point is why is the
> shell the only language under such a ban?)
The shell isn't the only
On 12/15/2010 4:17 AM, Marc Herbert wrote:
> [...]
> I use and abuse the shell but I do not consider it as a "real"
> programming language is because it was not really designed as one from
> day one. It rather grew from the command line interface as explained
> in this great interview of Steve Bour
Le 14/12/2010 20:12, Chris F.A. Johnson a écrit :
>I stongly disagree with that statement. The shell *is* a programming
>language, especially with the extensions in bash.
>
>In recent years I have stopped using any other language; the shell
>is more than adequate for all my progra
