http://www.vixen.com/blog/2007/01/09/24 Coding, Connections, and Other Bloggy Bits of Goodness Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:06:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.vixen.com/blog/2007/01/09/24#comment-1955 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:19:51 +0000 http://www.vixen.com/blog/2007/01/09/24#comment-1955 I'd agree but for one point - while bash is neat for interactive use, portability requirements would favour classical bourne shell for scripting. More and more scripts (mostly created in a Linux environment) are surfacing nowadays that claim to need "/bin/sh", when they're unconsciously perusing a number of bash-specific idiomatics. The crux lies with distributions naming their "bash" as "sh" obviously. So for "glue " (nice category), I'd advocate perl and sh. I still need to take a look at RoR - and your post has convinced me even more so :) /t I’d agree but for one point - while bash is neat for interactive use, portability requirements would favour classical bourne shell for scripting.
More and more scripts (mostly created in a Linux environment) are surfacing nowadays that claim to need “/bin/sh”, when they’re unconsciously perusing a number of bash-specific idiomatics. The crux lies with distributions naming their “bash” as “sh” obviously.
So for “glue ” (nice category), I’d advocate perl and sh.
I still need to take a look at RoR - and your post has convinced me even more so
/t

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