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Subject: Re: New rc snapshot, includes "the equals hack" 
In-reply-to: decklin's message of Wed, 16 Aug 2000 22:53:54 -0500.
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Date:	Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:21:14 -0500
From:	Chris Siebenmann <cks>
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| It just feels too sneaky and obscure to me. Part of the appeal of rc
| is it's clear syntax; there aren't a lot of exceptions like this one.

 Having read the messages to date and thought about the issue, I think
that I agree with this. I prefer an rc where the rule I have to remember
is 'quote ='s or get syntax errors', not '= will gobble the arguments
on either side of it on a command line into one word' (or whatever the
exact rule is). And slipups are far more evident and less mysterious
with the first rule: I get a syntax error, which I can easily fix.

	- cks