In article <20091219122141.5ce04...@poof.my.domain>, eagir...@cox.net says... > > Ingo Schwarze wrote on Sat., Dec. 19 at 17:51:19 > > >Matthew Szudzik wrote on Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 05:34:23PM +0000: > > > >> But if you're going to learn just one of them, then I vote for sed. > > > >Marc, rewrite pkg* in sed. Please... :) > > Herr Schwarze, please get help before you injure yourself or someone > else. ;-)
Well, there's really no reason the entire pkg_* system couldn't be accomplished with pure Bourne Shell syntax (or, god forbid, csh syntax - after all, it did originate at UCB wtih 2BSD) with a little bit of helper awk and sed embedded in it. Of course, it would probably be nearly unmaintainable, and quite possibly significantly slower and more memory-hungry than what we have now, but I seriously doubt that it would cause any actual injuries. (Mental and emotional injury aside, obviously.) :-) -Adam
