On 12/05/2016 01:35 PM, BartC wrote: >>> It seems shell language authors have nothing better to do than adding >>> extra quirky features that sooner or later are going to bite somebody >>> on the arse. Mainly I need a shell to help launch a program and give it >>> some basic input; that's all. >> >> I think you'd quickly find that such a shell would be very non-useful. > > For about five minutes, until someone produces an add-on with the > missing features.
Which will re-implement everything you stripped out. :) As I've gotten older I've learned the truth of this quotation: "Those who do not understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." -- Henry Spencer -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
