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It is written in plan9 shell, what an interesting choice for a small script! > The scripts are written in rc (the shell of Plan9port). You can easily port them
by bonyt 8y ago
It is written in plan9 shell, what an interesting choice for a small script!
> The scripts are written in rc (the shell of Plan9port). You can easily port them to any other shell your self. The newmail script itself is roughly ten lines.
- gylterud 8y agoThe shell from Plan9, rc, is simply the one I am most comfortable writing in. It has very straight-forward syntax. And while the language is very powerful, it is small enough that I can remember most of the quirks. But I do not think it is objectively better than other scripting languages. It is the same with mk (the Plan9 redesigned make). They took a few lessons from problems they had discovered in make and improved them. And made it simpler in the process.