Re: A86: Unix shell


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Re: A86: Unix shell




In a message dated 1/18/99 8:34:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,
po_boxx_823@hotmail.com writes:

> I think something along the lines of Bash for the TI-86 would be really 
>  cool, but most of the TI programmers and users are MS drones <g>.  If it 
>  doesn't have k3wl icons and point-n-click, they don't want it :).

First of all, let me state for the record that I currently have Linux
installed on my computer, and it's a great OS. It's way more stable and can do
much more than Win95. But I really don't blame us ASM programmers for being
attracted to 'k3wl icons' and 'point-n-click', because ASM is complicated
enough, forget about worrying about a BASH prompt. I shudder while thinking of
editing ASM programs in vim, or the bloated command line required to assemble
a program and have it output a file that can be used on the calcultor. It
seems that, in Linux, if there are less than 50 options available to perform
any simple task, it's not enough, and more must be found immediately. Where do
you think the verbose flags came from? :)

Now would I assemble a program with Linux? In a second! I'm a geek, remember?
:) But I can't blame anyone for wanting to press ctrl+F5 to error check,
assemble, and send an ASM program to a calculator. It's really nice, and
accomplishes the same thing in a single keystroke that having three terminal
windows open-one to write code, another to assemble, and yet another to send
the program- would. I tried using vim to edit my bashrc yesterday. Anyone who
only uses windows will never understand how complicated save and quit can be.
:)

So my point: Linux is cool, I'd like to see it on a calc, and I'd like to see
some programming utilities for it. However, remember that it's unnececarally
complex sometimes, and there really is nothing wrong with using a GUI every
now and then. :)