From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Sep 25 05:12:56 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:12:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GRpJP-0004RL-Nm for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:11:57 -0700 Received: from smtp.mail.umich.edu ([141.211.14.82] helo=hellskitchen.mr.itd.umich.edu) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GRpIg-0004Qs-Dk for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:11:43 -0700 Received: FROM [141.213.221.81] (bursley-221-81.reshall.umich.edu [141.213.221.81]) BY hellskitchen.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4517C4FF.CD2F8.5689 ; 25 Sep 2006 08:01:05 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <4f5.5c29791.32491673@wmconnect.com> References: <4f5.5c29791.32491673@wmconnect.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1-489837291 Message-Id: <32830519-3AE9-4CFE-BB8F-D87D92016C8E@umich.edu> From: Alex Martini Subject: [lojban] Re: bash? Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:01:03 -0400 To: lojban-list@lojban.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) X-archive-position: 12632 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: alexjm@umich.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --Apple-Mail-1-489837291 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed bash is a shell for the Unix/Linux command line. A little on the order of DOS, if you've never used a command line before, except quite a bit more powerful. And, most evident to new users, DOS uses a lot of all upper case while bash and its relatives use a lot of all lower case. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash mu'omi'e.aleks. On Sep 25, 2006, at 7:24 AM, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote: > In a message dated 9/25/2006 4:22:37 AM Central Standard Time, > ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > > >> The problem I have with this goal is that it's a solution to a >> problem that >> has been solved for decades. There are many SULs that are already >> written >> and in use as computer interfaces across the world. My personal >> favorite is >> bash. To compare bash to lojban I would say that bash is easier >> to learn >> (it is much smaller after all) and every bit as versatile as a >> cross-programming-language interaction framework as lojban could >> possibly be >> in a classical computing environment. > > > What's bash? > > stevo --Apple-Mail-1-489837291 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 bash is a shell for the = Unix/Linux command line. A little on the order of DOS, if you've never = used a command line before, except quite a bit more powerful. And, most = evident to new users, DOS uses a lot of all upper case while bash and = its relatives use a lot of all lower case.

mu'omi'e.aleks.

= On Sep 25, 2006, at 7:24 AM, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com<= /A> wrote:

In a message = dated 9/25/2006 4:22:37 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org = writes:

The problem = I have with this goal is that it's a solution to a problem that
has = been solved for decades. =A0There are many SULs that are already written =
and in use as computer interfaces across the world. =A0My personal = favorite is
bash. =A0To compare bash to lojban I would say that bash = is easier to learn
(it is much smaller after all) and every bit as = versatile as a
cross-programming-language interaction framework as = lojban could possibly be
in a classical computing environment. = =A0
=

What's bash?
=
stevo

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