From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20120828182606.GA13190@intma.in> References: <20120828141332.GA10058@intma.in> <6af219d70f9551dee8d013e5c34a255f@proxima.alt.za> <20120828150521.GA10731@intma.in> <20120828153036.GA11005@intma.in> <20120828174334.GA12589@intma.in> <20120828182606.GA13190@intma.in> From: Dan Cross Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:09:13 +0530 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] rc vs sh Topicbox-Message-UUID: b1bb74de-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 One last thing: On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:50:27PM +0530, Dan Cross wrote: >> You are conflating bootstrapping the language with the language's >> build system. The go command is actually quite nice. > > Also, the go command is useless unless the bootstrap build system can > construct it. I'm not conflating anything, I'm just not talking about > the build system you like. I don't *like* it, I just don't *hate* it. Two very different concepts. >> The use of bash in Go is tiny. Why fixate on it when you could go >> build something useful, instead? > > Because a corrected build system would be useful to me. Well, if you could explain a) how it's currently broken, and b) how a 'corrected' version would be useful, others might be more sympathetic to your concerns. From most perspectives, it doesn't appear broken at all; it works fine, it's just not what you would have done. > Is this a complicated concept? No. But it's basic tact and consideration to fully explain oneself if one expects a useful response. >> Evidence suggests otherwise. > > I have yet to see such. *shrug* Don't know what to tell you, then. >> Anyway, I have neither the time nor the inclination to get into a >> pissing match with some random person on the Internet about Go's use >> of bash. If it's such a serious problem for you, well, I hope you >> figure out a way to work around it. If not, then I don't know what to >> tell you. In either case, good luck! > > I wish you would have ascertained you had nothing to tell me earlier in > the thread. Thank you for your support. I somehow get the feeling that few people have anything to tell you that you're willing to listen to. - Dan C.