Re: [dwm] problem with dmenu3.1

On 5/23/07, Anselm R. Garbe <arg_AT_suckless.org> wrote:
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> No it's not stupid, because this way as external program, you
> can use many other logical/arithmetic external tools for
> checking a condition. Actually, the argument to if or elif is a
> condition and not an expression, and a condition is wether true
> or false. It has been wise by the UNIX inventors to not include
> test into the shell.
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I am not saying that getting result value from external program is stupid.
That is a good idea.
What I do say is that not implementing basic logic/arithmetic (and maybe
string; this is depends on how strings are handled in the core language)
tests in a language is stupid. How would you like it to do all logic in C
through execv? Sound good to you?

Sorry for the OT discussion, but I want to finish this to see if there is
some reasoning behind not handling logic inside the language.
Or whether it is just a design flaw, as I do believe, that has been fixed in
the modern shells...
Received on Wed May 23 2007 - 23:01:13 UTC