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Re: Scsh (a Unix Scheme shell) FAQ

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Subject: Re: Scsh (a Unix Scheme shell) FAQ
From: Yoann Padioleau <padiolea@cripure.irisa.fr>
Date: 15 Jan 2003 14:32:28 +0100
Organization: IRISA, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, FRANCE
Michel Schinz <Michel.Schinz@epfl.ch> writes:

> "Anton van Straaten" <anton@appsolutions.com> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > However, I think you're right that the SCSH FAQ doesn't quite
> > succeed in communicating to someone who is comfortable with
> > traditional scripting languages, why they should throw out all the
> > arbitrary syntax they've worked so hard to memorize, and instead
> > learn something that's more cleanly designed for extensibility and
> > power. Part of the problem is that fully describing and contrasting
> > these capabilities to those of the "scripting languages" would
> > require an entire series of articles.
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> That said, this part of the FAQ could certainly be rewritten. It was
> written in 1996, and it shows.

Oh, ok, i understand more now :)

> 
> So, I'll do my homework and rewrite it before the FAQ gets posted next
> month (on the 13th). We'll see if I manage to produce something less
> controversial.
> 
> Michel.

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