From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4520 invoked from network); 21 Jun 2002 04:29:51 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 21 Jun 2002 04:29:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 19281 invoked by alias); 21 Jun 2002 04:29:45 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 17344 Received: (qmail 19268 invoked from network); 21 Jun 2002 04:29:44 -0000 Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 21:29:39 -0701 From: Jos Backus To: Chet Ramey Cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: posix compliance Message-ID: <20020621043001.GA13822@lizzy.catnook.com> Reply-To: jos@catnook.com Mail-Followup-To: Chet Ramey , zsh-workers@sunsite.dk References: <020620211924.AA92433.SM@nike.ins.cwru.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <020620211924.AA92433.SM@nike.ins.cwru.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Hi Chet, [T'was nice to meet you, btw.] On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 05:19:24PM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote: > > Indeed, his argument that things like these were causing them lots of > > problems with zsh point to poorly written scripts in the first place. But > > of course he's not going to admit that, least of all in public with the > > bash maintainer standing next to him. > > Oh, I wouldn't have minded. There's a lot of crap out there, and shell > scripts are no exception. Absolutely. I just wish that he had been interested in discussing the real problems they were undoubtedly having with zsh so they can be fixed; that's how progress is made. > ( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet) "Learning is suffering"? My Latin is rusty. -- Jos Backus _/ _/_/_/ Santa Clara, CA _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ jos@catnook.com _/_/ _/_/_/ require 'std/disclaimer'