Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!hao!boulder!forys From: forys@boulder.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.os.misc Subject: Re: command interpreters Message-ID: <1122@sigi.Colorado.EDU> Date: Wed, 20-May-87 00:31:33 EDT Article-I.D.: sigi.1122 Posted: Wed May 20 00:31:33 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 21-May-87 04:33:15 EDT References: <5828@shemp.UCLA.EDU> <34ab0e42.8be4@apollo.uucp> <667@bsu-cs.UUCP> <1135@byzantium.swatsun.UUCP> Reply-To: forys@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Jeff Forys) Followup-To: comp.os.misc Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 20 Keywords: Primos, CPL Xref: utgpu comp.unix.questions:2137 comp.os.misc:54 In article <1135@byzantium.swatsun.UUCP> schwartz@swatsun (Scott Schwartz) writes: > Speaking of fun command interpreters, Primos supports a command > language that penalizes you for hitting too many times Wait! It wasnt a penalty -- it was a feature!! Besides, arent you warned of the impending doom with something like: AT STACK LEVEL 40, USE `RLS' TO RELEASE As I recall (four years ago?), the feature was that each caused assorted contextual information regarding the terminated process to be pushed on a stack (for debugging purposes). Well *eventually*, the stack overflows (what stack wouldnt? :-), the abbreviations (i.e. aliases) are tossed, and the stack cleared. There's certainly more to this, but ... OK, PR1MOS is to UNIX, as Railroads are to Planes (nostalgic :-). --- Jeff Forys @ UC/Boulder Engineering Research Comp Cntr (303-492-6096) forys@Boulder.Colorado.EDU -or- ..!{hao|nbires}!boulder!forys