Re: [PLUG] take-your-bash-scripting-seriously

[Steve Litt via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Walt Mankowski via plug said on Fri, 5 May 2023 22:28:36 -0400

>On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 08:55:46PM -0400, Steve Litt via plug wrote:
>> On scripts vs programs. I've always maintained that if you tell a
>> computer what to do in the future, you're programming. Whether it's
>> 100K lines of C or 2 lines of /bin/sh, if it's non-interactive and
>> more than one command, it's programming. If you write a Word macro,
>> it's programming.  
>
>Wait, does this mean all my Perl one-liners aren't programs?

If I had to take a stand on this I'd say they're programs. If a
distinction needs to be made, I spoze they could be called one-liners.

>
>> I hear people who can work miracles with Perl claim "I'm not a
>> programmer!" Nonsense. What, if they converted their script to C all
>> of a sudden it would be a program?  
>
>I don't hear many people claim that. Of course, these days it's hard
>to find people who'll even admit that they're Perl programmers! :)

I hear a lot of people claim that. And if you'd ask them, they'd
probably say they're not Perl programmers, they just use it for admin.

I just don't see the need for the distinction at all.

SteveT

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