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From: phil@aimt.UUCP (Phil Gustafson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Software development shell
Summary: supershell
Keywords: Shell, make
Message-ID: <1171@aimt.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 88 22:06:26 GMT
References: <3906@okstate.UUCP>
Organization: Famed Parquet Floor
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In article <3906@okstate.UUCP>, jmaag@a.cs.okstate.edu (John Maag) writes:
> 
> To whom it may concern:
> 
>     I am writing a shell that will assist students in the software
> development process. What the shell will do is automate the make
> process. It will automatically [do lots of stuff]
> 
> John Maag

May I suggest caution?  There's a fundamental rule of automation that
says "Everything automatically done _for_ you simultaneously does
something unpredicted and usually unpleasant _to_ you."

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