On Dec 11, 2006, at 1:32 AM, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
Once you are hitting these shell bounds, you are likely (or even
should)
switch to a language that *is* portable: python, perl
I would personally rather write in Version 6 shell than Python or Perl,
particularly Perl... which has almost all the flaws of any UNIX shell
and few if any of its advantages... but I get your point for programs
where dataflow isn't the dominant theme. Unfortunately, there's few
languages better than the shell and anywhere near as widely available
that does as good a job as the UNIX pipeline/filter approach.
