[x-unix]from tcsh to bash

[John Harrold]

Sometime in May ~flipper assaulted the keyboard and produced:

| I can make the same noise on a Mac.

I hear the g5 towers are pretty loud ;)

| Seriously, I didn't mean to imply that the writer should 'take 
| whatever was dished out', just that it doesn't hurt to actually get 
| in and learn one of the shells first. I see a lot of osts in various 
| places where guys want to debate the most arcane features of various 
| shells, and in the end they use none of those specific features, 
| anyway. (The ones 'asking', the ones 'advocating' are all correct in 
| terms of their own requirements, obviously.)

Oh, I understand. I just don't want to discourage anyone from trying new
things solely because they are comfortable with their current solution.
However, it is a balance. If the costs of trying out alternatives are low,
then I encourage people to try new things. I guess I think stagnation (see
windows) is worse than wasted time. 
  
| I like the tcsh and I like Eudora. heheh, why? Because I use them. 
| How's that for 'science'? But I won't recommend either on principle*. 
| Why? because the fact they work perfectly for me is no guarantee of 
| anything for someone else.

I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you about all the features mutt
has too offer...


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