Re: Suckless sh [Was: Re: [dev] New utility]

2011-09-25 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:33:51 +0200 Jens Staal wrote: > 2011/9/25 Ethan Grammatikidis : > > On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:07:52 +0200 > > Christoph Lohmann <2...@r-36.net> wrote: > ... > > There are only two implementations of rc that I know of, and one is > > brain-damaged and best ignored. I've found i

Re: Suckless sh [Was: Re: [dev] New utility]

2011-09-25 Thread Jens Staal
2011/9/25 Ethan Grammatikidis : > On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:07:52 +0200 > Christoph Lohmann <2...@r-36.net> wrote: ... > There are only two implementations of rc that I know of, and one is > brain-damaged and best ignored. I've found it a remarkably elegant > language, although it is possible an even

Re: Suckless sh [Was: Re: [dev] New utility]

2011-09-25 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Christoph Lohmann <2...@r-36.net> wrote: > because it is missing mass adoption once you start using this as an excuse, you are stuck with bash forever -- # Kurt H Maier

Re: Suckless sh [Was: Re: [dev] New utility]

2011-09-25 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:07:52 +0200 Christoph Lohmann <2...@r-36.net> wrote: > Comments and ideas for an sh alternative, which sucks less, are > welcome. I forgot to mention that I often think something about the shell could be smoother but I can never put my finger on what. Also this: 11:52:05

Re: Suckless sh [Was: Re: [dev] New utility]

2011-09-25 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:07:52 +0200 Christoph Lohmann <2...@r-36.net> wrote: > All we need is a better syntax for sh, > This > should be doable in the size of dash. Rc does not fit very well, > because it is missing mass adoption and has some ugliness in the > various implementations across Plan 9

Suckless sh [Was: Re: [dev] New utility]

2011-09-25 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Greetings, Patrick Haller wrote: > On 2011-09-25 03:19, Christoph Lohmann wrote: >> ocaml;wu (ocaml; won't use) > > use the bringer_obsolete.bash [1] from the package? > > why ocaml;wu? because it's outside the C/sh stack, or ? in the first ecumenical council of the suckless church, C and sh we