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- From: mcdowell@exlog.com (Steve McDowell)
- Subject: Re: The Problem with UNIX
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.193512.844@exlog.com>
- Organization: EXLOG, Inc.
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 19:35:12 GMT
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- In message <BxvFDo.5G7@netnews.jhuapl.edu> bandy@netnews.jhuapl.edu (Mike Bandy) writes:
- >
- > Run VMS! The VMS command line interpretor does all these things flawlessly.
-
- People run UNIX for a reason. VMS isn't usually an alternative.
-
- > The Ultrix system I used at grad school allowed the command
- > to be recalled with the up/down keys, cursor positioned at the point
- > that needed changing via left/right arrows, etc. Admitedly, I'm not a real
- > power user, but I have never been able to remember how to recall/edit past the
- > previous using the "^" sequence. And the fact that it does the edit, then
- > executes it, rather than waiting for a carriage return has always disturbed me.
-
- Then get a new shell. Ksh comes to mind. And it comes with most SysV systems. And
- it runs on most BSD-derived systems. I think the point's been made before that
- the user interface is *not* the operating system, and that (to me) is one of the
- many joys of UNIX.
-
- > I know I'm setting myself up to be flamed; bring it on.
-
- No flames, just calm rational discussion. Whether "running VMS" is rational I'll
- leave up to you.
-
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