[GRASS-dev] grass and python

[Trevor Wiens]

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:02:21 +0100
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com> wrote:

> 
> If anyone can find a real language which is "good enough" on all of
> Unix, Windows (Cygwin and native) and OSX, I'll quite happily rewrite
> all of GRASS' shell scripts.

Python is easy to install on Windows. So with an offer like that, I
can't help asking if any of the interactive Python shells are to your
knowledge good enough. Or perhaps what in you mind defines an
interactive shell environment that is good enough to replace bash?

> 
> Apart from the fact that Bourne shell basically sucks in every way
> imaginable as a programming languague, it's further hampered by the
> fact that all of the common Windows ports try to provide some degree
> of Unix compatibility (e.g. virtual Unix filesystem) which ultimately
> ends up causing problems.
> 
> -- 
> Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>

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