From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f891f,84341d9bfd06c34b X-Google-Attributes: gidf891f,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,7fc5f2ed2567dae4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,7fc5f2ed2567dae4 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-30 14:10:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!news.usenet2.org!news-proxy.baileynm.com!web.eng.baileynm.com!not-for-mail From: peter@abbnm.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.pl1 Subject: Re: Shell Central Date: 30 Aug 2002 20:42:30 GMT Organization: ABB Network Management Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: grendel.eng.baileynm.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.misc:3689 comp.lang.ada:28608 comp.lang.pl1:2988 Date: 2002-08-30T20:42:30+00:00 List-Id: In article , John Brock wrote: > The language I have in mind would *feel* like a shell, and share > a number of conventions with the bourne shell family, even though > some things would be quite different. Have you had a look at the Plan 9 shell, "rc". It has a lot of feel of the bourne shell, but the scripting is quite different and a lot more regular. It's also designed to be used cleanly from a window system, for example the default prompt is a ";" so you can almost always cut-and-paste a few lines of commands and they'll do the right thing. -- I've seen things you people can't imagine. Chimneysweeps on fire over the roofs of London. I've watched kite-strings glitter in the sun at Hyde Park Gate. All these things will be lost in time, like chalk-paintings in the rain. `-_-' Time for your nap. | Peter da Silva | Har du kramat din varg, idag? 'U`