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<p>I always follow these simple rules.</p>
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<li> To fix Windows install Linux.</li>
<li> To fix Bash script replace it with Perl or Python.<br>
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<p>I don't consider Shell scripting a programming language. Its a
powerless command line scripting language. <br>
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<p>Tony<br>
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<b>From:</b> Bob Mathews <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bobmath11@icloud.com"><bobmath11@icloud.com></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 7:50AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oc-pm <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:oc-pm@pm.org"><oc-pm@pm.org></a> <br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Oc-pm] perl6 if<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Dec 30, 2017, at 7:35 AM, Mike Baas <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mike@mikebaas.org"><mike@mikebaas.org></a> wrote:
I don't like bash's lack of restraints. I wish bash was perl almost everytime.
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I wasn't trying to promote bash as a programming language. I just meant that I kind of like the old-school flava of its (Algol-derived) syntax. I tend to agree that almost every bash script is eventually going to make you wish you had used perl instead.
-bob
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