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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] typed sh
Date: Mon,  6 Apr 2009 12:56:26 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3dec237ff9aa3219a00a6c03a35b6407@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49DA2C51.3000609@proweb.co.uk>

> >  but rather that using text streams makes
> > A|B possible for any A and any B and any input.
> What is this "text" of which you speak ? ASCII EBCDIC UTF-16 UTF-8
> ISO8859 etc. etc. etc.

there's got to be a latin term parallel to reducto ad absurdum that
means the opposite.  make the problem gratituiously harder
until no sensible statements can be made at all.  or maybe it's
the opposite of divide and conquer.  accrete and be subjugated?

☺.

by the way, tcs works fine for me.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2009-04-06 16:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-02 18:48 [9fans] typed sh (was: what features would you like in a shell?) fgergo
2009-04-02 19:28 ` roger peppe
2009-04-02 20:27   ` tlaronde
2009-04-06  3:55   ` Bakul Shah
2009-04-06 11:09     ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-06 15:40       ` Bakul Shah
2009-04-06 16:02         ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-06 16:22           ` [9fans] typed sh maht
2009-04-06 16:56             ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-04-06 16:50           ` [9fans] typed sh (was: what features would you like in a shell?) Bakul Shah
2009-04-06 21:18           ` John Stalker
2009-04-16 17:24     ` roger peppe
2009-04-16 18:52       ` Bakul Shah

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