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Subject: Re: [9fans] v8 shell
From: rog@vitanuova.com
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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 18:01:30 +0000
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> I agree with your conclusions, but I also like rc's use of \ for hiding
> a new-line only, and rc's much simpler quoting rule - just one type of
> quote ('), and double it for a literal quote.

oh, i agree entirely - rc's syntax *is* much nicer, and features like:

	grep something /mnt/term/mail/fs/mbox/^(1 2 3 4)^/body

not to mention:

	tar c . | tee >{wc -c} | @{cd somewhere; tar x}

are a constant joy.

but really, i think they pale into insignificance behind the lists vs.
strings distinction.

i reckon you could build a shell with a syntax almost identical to the
bourne shell's, but that did rc-like lists, and it would still be a
great improvement.