From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:14:33 -0500 From: Kris Maglione To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] How can I shift a variable other than ? Message-ID: <20070310051433.GF12719@kris.home> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="JSkcQAAxhB1h8DcT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1f27b934-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --JSkcQAAxhB1h8DcT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 11:46:46PM -0500, erik quanstrom wrote: >why wouldn't it be backwardly compatable? >"(a b) =3D $*" is currently an error in rc. and i don't >believe i've ever seen an rc script that depends on >this error.=20 The problem is that then new scrips wouldn't be portable. It would be=20 fine for scripts which weren't intended to be portable, but in that=20 case, you may as well just use Inferno's sh or port es(1). --=20 Kris Maglione When in doubt, predict that the trend will continue. --JSkcQAAxhB1h8DcT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF8j65seQZD8Aui4wRAtaOAKCNiSfJ0j6cZywHVkDUay1bux4MdgCcDfR6 fpiaZ2uJLzAnvMXQC0cDWh0= =Scpa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JSkcQAAxhB1h8DcT--