Re: more wishes for chrismas

[Steve Rezsutek <steve@endgame.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

Alan Watson <alan@oldp.astro.wisc.edu> sez...

> I very rarely make quoting errors in rc, but I used to make them all
> of the time in sh.  Quoting is one less think I have to think about,
> and that allows me to devote more attention to getting other stuff
> done.

Sounds like my experience, too.

And further...

> There are a few characters which only make sense at certain places --
> like "=" which has to be quoted in dd commands -- but at least the
> current rules have a simplicity about them.  No "foo does bar except
> for on the third Wednesday in the month if the month starts on a
> weekend."


I couldn't agree more.  One of the things I like most about rc is 
the simple rule: 'it''s either quoted, or it isn''t'.  

For things like arguments to dd, the biological CPU overhead of 
typing two extra characters is a small price to pay in exchange for 
not having to constantly think about which type of quoting to apply 
where.

If y'all want my $0.02,  I'd say 'nay' to backslash quoting...


Steve