[indiana-discuss] scope

[Jonathan Edwards]

On Aug 8, 2007, at 12:18, Alan Coopersmith wrote:

> Jonathan Edwards wrote:
>> why not just make it an install option:
>> /bin/sh?
>> [  ] Bourne
>> [  ] Korn
>> [  ] Bourne Again
>> [  ] C
>> [  ] Zoidberg
>> of course choosing any church may make you a heretic to others
>
> How would any scripts that start with #!/bin/sh actually work then?
>

you'd either have to write to the lowest common denominator [hard]

/or/

we could just use /bin/sh as a translation layer to figure out which  
shell *should* be run based on preference or syntax [easier] .. using  
#!/bin/sh is almost like using "dude" in conversation - it's a little  
ambiguous and hardly a standardized programming interface

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