[gentoo-user] Re: emerge of ksh93 erroring out.. who can interpret

"Matthias B." <msbREMOVE-THIS@××××××××××××.de> writes:

> On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:32:46 -0600 reader@×××××××.com wrote:
>
>> I'm beginning to think I may just drop ksh93.  Unfortunately, I've
>> grown quite accustomed to using `print' instead of `echo -e' so I will
>> have to replace that in a couple dozen scripts... otherwise the
>> scripts seem to run fine under bash. (so far.. I haven't tested all of
>> them yet)
>
> Have you tried zsh? I've found it to be much better for scripting than
> bash, especially less buggy. And it has a "print" builtin :-)

I have yes.  However it was many years ago.  Probably at least 9 yrs
ago.  I don't know much now but back then I knew even less.  Linux was
a labor of love back then.

I tried zsh and was thoroughly confused by it.  It actually seemed too
capable for my meager skills.  I never went back.

Currently it appears that for my level of usage ksh93 or bash are
about the same... I'm rethinking my choice of scripting shell.

Mainly because of running into trouble getting it installed.
(Alan M. has solved that problem for me too.  And it installed
without problems when I unmasked it....  Thank you Alan)

On examining current bash I see all the reasons I used ksh93 are now
possible in bash... the =~ operator is something I use a lot.
I don't now when that entered bash but its there now.

Can you say why you think zsh is better? 

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