Unix Quote (was: Re: building a PDP11 from the things you

From: Carlos Murillo <cmurillo_at_emtelsa.multi.net.co>
Date: Thu Aug 9 22:37:40 2001

At 10:31 PM 8/9/01 -0500, Eric Dittman wrote:
>DCL is a very complete command language. There's a lot that can be
>done directly that require external programs in Unix shells.

I doubt it not. Still, I am yet to be persuaded that it is "cool".
Maybe I'll change my mind as I learn more about DCL. For the
time being, I'll keep using tcsh on Unix or sh or 4dos on Windoze (yes I
use a port of sh for win32), and longing for tcsh in my 4000/60.
By the way, I think that requiring external programs in Unix isn't
necessarily a disadvantage, as long as such programs are standard in
every U'x. And many are, thanks to POSIX.


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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo_at_nospammers.ieee.org
Received on Thu Aug 09 2001 - 22:37:40 BST