On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 06:18:12 +0000 (UTC), Martin Vaeth wrote: > > As a > > scripting language, Bash is probably better > > This is not true, either: Although finally bash took some of the > features of zsh (arrays, regular expression matching, etc.) there > are still many features missing in bash (extended globbing, many > variable and array operations etc.)
I must admit, I've not looked as scripting with Zsh for some years, mainly for the reasons given below. If /bin/sh won't do, I probably should be using shell at all. > > although if I need that > > much functionality in a script I would use Python instead of any shell > > variant. > > That's the mqin reason - together with the fact that bash is more > widespread - why zsh is not used as much as it deserves: > When you write a complex program you should probably use a > high-level language to start with unless there are very good > reasons why you can't (e.g. longer startup time etc.) > (I would prefer perl over python as it appears to me to be similar > with zsh vs. bash concerning features, although in the perl-python > case it is not so clear since the languages have also some > "philosophical" differences: For large projects it may be an > *advantage* to have less language features, so that they are > not misused by badly skilled team members...) In one sub-thread we've so far managed to cover: Bash vs Zsh Vim vs Emacs Perl vs Python What are your thoughts on KDE, kernel modules or USE="-*"? ;-) -- Neil Bothwick deja vous - the act of forgetting someone's name /again/ despite being introduced to them several times.
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