On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:13:20 +0530 Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/11/2011 03:10 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 15:52, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> It is a fact. There is a lot of empirical proof for this. Scripts are > >> good for single purpose small cases. Once you want to deal with complex > >> problems, a script won't scale. Error handling isn't as sophisticated > >> for instance. > > > > > > I do not agree. A script can be as good with as good error-handling as > > its programmer wants it to be. > > Not really. There are limitations of the language. Bash just isn't > going to be as sophisticated as say Java regardless of how good the > programmer is. Mathematically speaking that isn't true. It might be a lot prettier but the capabilities of the two are basically identical (assuming in the sh case you use a few apps run from the script anyway) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
