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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: program to repetively display command on crt
Message-ID: <4698@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 16:30:29 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 28 16:30:29 1984
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Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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> > It seems stupid to write such minor utilities in C.
> > Lets have no more silly C programs in net.sources.
> 
> Not all of us agree that a small shell script is superior to a small
> C program.   Compare the cost of running "clear" n times with the cost
> of writing thought-out C code to perform the same task. 

"Cost" measured how?  If it's fast enough, it's fast enough; it does not
need to be made faster.  Civilized people use shell scripts anywhere they
can, with C implementations done when, and *only* when, the performance
of a shell implementation has proven to be inadequate in real use.

This applies to large programs too, by the way.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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