On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:43:50PM +0000, Shevek wrote: > My opinion on programming (this week) is that the modern generation of > programmer has never used any system where commands are executed as you > type them, and thus they have no concept of a sequence of instructions, > and therefore they cannot program.
I would have thought any of the Unix shells were a "system where commands are executed as you type them", you have expressions, variables and instant feedback. Among them the whirl as you realise that rm -rf shouldn't be taking this long... Dean -- Dean Wilson http://www.unixdaemon.net Profanity is the one language all programmers understand --- Anon
