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Re: 4NT vs. Bash (Was Re: problem with find/grep)
- From: Daniel Miller <dan at imi-test dot com>
- To: cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:56:27 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: 4NT vs. Bash (Was Re: problem with find/grep)
- Organization: Cathartes Aura
- References: <013001c4b07a$9a10afa0$0401a8c0@dan> <Pine.GSO.4.61.0410121300160.24643@slinky.cs.nyu.edu>
- Reply-to: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> wrote in
Pine.GSO.4.61.0410121300160.24643@slinky.cs.nyu.edu:">news:Pine.GSO.4.61.0410121300160.24643@slinky.cs.nyu.edu:
> Properly TITTTLing...
Ooooohhh!! And I just learned that I have to *specifically* tell Xnews to
search for new groups; it didn't show this one!!
>
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Daniel Miller (IMI) wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>
>> > I won't ask the implied "Why not use bash?" question...
>>
>> Hokay, then I won't answer!! I suspect this subject has been
>> discussed several times in the past here, if I recall past perusal of
>> the list... but there really *are* a few things that 4NT does better
>> (or does at all) as opposed to Bash.
>>
> So, what *are* those things? It'd be interesting to find out where
> bash is deficient, and what tools could be used in Cygwin instead...
> Igor
<sigh>
Now I have to go back and use Bash for awhile, to see what I stumbled over
when I tried to use it... Once I do, I'll return to this subject...
Dan