From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from spock.linux.it ([151.99.137.27]) by hawkwind.utcs.utoronto.ca with SMTP id <44211>; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 15:13:58 -0500 Received: by spock.linux.it (Postfix, from userid 10) id 1D0551C6B0; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:51:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from polka with UUCP (rmail); Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:51:27 +0200 Received: from carlos by localhost with local (Exim 2.05 #1 (Debian)) id 13RBeI-0002vf-00; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:51:18 +0200 Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 06:51:18 -0500 From: Carlo Strozzi To: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu Subject: Re: New rc snapshot, includes "the equals hack" Message-ID: <20000822125118.A11190@polka.libero.it> Reply-To: carlos@texne.com Mail-Followup-To: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu References: <20000816225354.A3758@photek.dhs.org> <00Aug21.182119edt.44191@hawkwind.utcs.utoronto.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <00Aug21.182119edt.44191@hawkwind.utcs.utoronto.ca>; from cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu on Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 06:21:14PM -0500 Organization: TeXne.COM On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 06:21:14PM -0500, Chris Siebenmann wrote: | | 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. I personally share the same view. bye --carlo -- I can read MIME or uuencoded e-mail attachments in PDF, Postscript, HTML, RTF or text formats. Please do not send Word, Excel or PowerPoint files.