I have many fond memories of learning ARexx on my Amiga to get anything done. :-)
> On May 12, 2016, at 7:22 PM, Jack Coats <j...@coats.org> wrote: > > My personal preferred scripting language is Rexx - but that comes from IBM > VM/CMS background and a history of liking programming in PL/1 > It is available for Linux and Windows now days. But Rexx is an acquired > taste. (Older VM script languages were EXEC and EXEC2 - each one was more > capable but the syntax was close to the same ... very basic-esque but more > cryptic) > > Several friends hated bash (Bourne Again Shell) so they used sh (Bourne Shell > - but it is superseded). They started using korn shell and c-shell. Both > Korn and c-shell have good and bad points. Korn is similar to bash but is > more capable (but bash is more capable that sh anyway). C-shell was a choice > of many K&R C programmers historically, but from what I can tell, shell > programming is falling out of favor for 'newer' languages in general. > > For heavy production use, any shell's aren't great for high computational or > I/O needs, but they are more or less great as 'glue' and initial control of > many user oriented systems. > > Languages mentioned are: > REXX - found as Regina Rexx (Cowishaw, the original author, initially > spelled it REX. Also found on other systems from TSO to MSDOS and many more) > EXEC - EXEC scripting language > EXEC2 - Enhanced EXEC scripting language > bash - Bourne Again Shell > sh - Bourne Shell > ksh - Korn Shell > csh - c-shell > >> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 6:02 PM, David Lang <da...@lang.hm> wrote: >> It's going to be interesting to see what making Bash and other tools >> available on Windows is going to do to scripting there over the next several >> years. >> >> David Lang >> >> On Thu, 12 May 2016, Ski Kacoroski wrote: >> >>> Yves, >>> >>> I teach a scripting/automation system admin course at a local college. What >>> I am finding is that the language used depends on: >>> >>> * if you primarily windows - powershell >>> >>> * if you are primarily linux then >>> ** if you are younger - python >>> ** if you are older - perl >>> >>> Being an older type who is cross platform I use mostly perl and powershell >>> with bash/awk for simple things on linux. In my current class, I have 2 >>> students using python, 1 using a mix of bash and python, and 4 using >>> powershell. >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> ski >>> >>>> On 05/12/2016 03:38 PM, Yves Dorfsman wrote: >>>> >>>> A lot of people love to hate bash, and there are good reasons for it, but >>>> it >>>> seems that there isn't an obvious replacement for it. >>>> >>>> At some point it looked like perl was going to be it, then depending on the >>>> local preferences some shops use either python or ruby, heavy JVM shop >>>> often >>>> use groovy, while more and more shops now even use js or go... >>>> >>>> I find bash (or any other UNIX shell) much more natural for simple >>>> scripts, I >>>> don't even mind all gotchas (set -e, super weak typing, every var is gobal, >>>> etc..), but do hate how bad it is to manipulate data, and the difficulty to >>>> organize code. >>>> >>>> What do *you* use? Do you see any clear winner to replace it on the >>>> horizon? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech mailing list >> Tech@lists.lopsa.org >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ > > > > -- > ><> ... Jack > > The Four Boxes of Liberty - "There are four boxes to be used in the defense > of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo. Please use in that order." > "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 > "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert > Einstein > "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral > Grace Hopper, USN > "The most dangerous phrase in the language is "We’ve always done it this > way"-- Admiral Grace Hopper, USN > "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - > Ben Franklin > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/
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