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From: gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Command line arguements?
Message-ID: <1991May31.234623.7735@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: 31 May 91 23:46:23 GMT
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In article <24784@lanl.gov> jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
>Here are some clarifications on command line arguments.
>
>1) I can't write my own shell because I can't be sure the end users of
>   my utilities will be using my shell.  Writing utilities that only work
>   under one specific shell is unprofessional.

Repeatedly whining on Usenet is also unprofessional, but that doesn't
stop you. Try alt.religion.computers if you would like to dispute the
philosophy behind the Unix shell.