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”.

Unless you've spent all day working on PHP code.

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