On 2015-02-26, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes: > >> IMO the whole system of boolean logic in shell scripts is a massive >> pile of hacks. > > Agreed. It bears all the hallmarks of a system which has been > extended to become a complete programming language only with extreme > reluctance on its part. > > I continue to be impressed by how capable and powerful Unix shell is > as a full programming language. Especially it is sorely missed on > other OSes which lack a capable shell. > > But it could never be called “elegant”.
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