program to repetively display command on crt

[Derek Zahn]

> 
> "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.
> -- 
> 				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology

Personally, I like C so well that I would rather use C than a shell script.
Especially for large programs, and for several reasons.  First is the speed.
Also, the form of a C program is more easily extendable.  It would be a real
drag if I wanted to extend either my or somebody else's program only to find
that it is a shell script and what I wish to add is something that you cannot
do with a shell script.

But somehow I still consider myself to be civilized, and will never object to
"silly" shell scripts that do things cultured people would do with C :-)

"Life's a bummer, and then you die."

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Derek Zahn @ wisconsin
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