I just wanted to mention host(1) is a bit different in 3.7. Seems like adding a "-v" flag makes it alot like dig(1). One thing I do like is the following...
$ host ictus.catastrophe.net ictus.catastrophe.net has address 207.227.243.193 ictus.catastrophe.net has IPv6 address 2001:470:1f01:1183:4:a:2:22 Note now host(1) returns the IPv6 address too, not requiring "-t aaaa" Thanks to the developers; you've saved me many keystrokes :)