23 Jul
2002
23 Jul
'02
5:46 p.m.
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Theo Van Dinter wrote:
Pro: You don't need to use extra resources to get the job done
Right. I guess that was obvious but I thought I'd ask anyway in case that wasn't as apparent as I saw it.
Con: It's not directly portable to other platforms
Good point. I do most of my shell scripting at work on Solaris and portability isn't an immediate issue, but something to be aware of anyway.