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On Wednesday 16 April 2003 07:38, merv wrote: |
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> I for one would enjoy the clean-feel of Python in initscrit composition. |
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> That said, I would miss the very "Unix atmospherics" of awk and sed |
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> and the run-time interactivity of the shell scripting (I mean, it's |
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> potential for shorthand notation). |
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As most init scripts are essentially nobrainer oneliners, I believe using |
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anything but sh is overkill. In the cases where something special is required |
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it is very well possible to use python/any other language either embedded or |
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instead of the standard interpreter. (You could even make init scripts in c) |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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