program to repetively display command on crt

[Emil Rainero]

In article <4698 at utzoo.UUCP> henry at utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>> > 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.

Why all the flames in net.sources.bugs?   Who cares what the program is written
in.  If it works and doesn't kill the system, then live and let live.  


Emil "keep those towers of hanoi programs coming" Rainero

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