Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: What is 'expect' Message-ID: <=887VQD@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 26 Nov 90 22:38:23 GMT References: <1990Nov13.212403.11129@iwarp.intel.com> <5808@stpstn.UUCP> <254@smds.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 8 In article <254@smds.UUCP> rh@smds.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes: > I have taken exactly the opposite tack from perl -- the syntax has been > stripped down as far as possible, and the temptation to use special > characters has been ruthlessly rejected. You mean like TCL? (well, at least THAT has something to do with the Subject:) -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com