On Jun 06 2010 22:00, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 11:32:58AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > > > > > I was a tcsh user before switching to zsh. But I was raised on the > > Bourne Shell, and used Korn shell a lot in the 90s. The C-shell versions > > of control flow commands always tripped me up, even though they're > > arguably more sane -- just because the sh versions flow off the > > fingertips. So sh-compatibility was my main reason, but I like the > > features of csh that zsh cherry-picked. > > Given my preference for (t)csh syntax over sh syntax for an interactive > shell, I guess that doesn't give me a whole lot of motivation to try it > out. Another response to my question discusses some other benefits, > though. . . . > > Thanks for your perspective. >
My pleasure, Chad. If I had learned csh first, I'd probably stick with tcsh myself. I'd also like to publicly thank you on this list for encouraging me to try FreeBSD. I absolutely love it. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
