On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 07:37:56PM +0000, fao_ wrote: > > 9base is not intended for interactive use, so no, p does not really > > belong into 9base. 9base is intended to be a scripting environment. > > Excuse me if this is a stupid question, but: What's the difference?
Interactive: things that use ncurses, terminfo, termcap, etc. Scripting: programs like sed, ed, awk, grep, etc. These programs are often used in the context of larger tasks with pipes for transforming / processing data. Eric