- To: slug@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re: 40 Years of Unix
- From: Daniel Pittman <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:21:08 +1000
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Matthew Hannigan <mlh@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Shell is a generic term for user interface, as well as a
> specific term, for e.g. unix cmomand line shells or the
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Shell
>
> Speaking of shells has anyone used rc or es for any length
> of time on a non-plan9 machine?
>
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rc_shell)
I tried it for a while, but found that it didn't offer a compelling enough
improvement over bash to pay back the effort to learn it. Likewise the couple
of Perl based shells I tried.
Regards,
Daniel
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