From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:15:05 GMT
Subject: Re: VCS comparison table
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0610240812410.3962@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64N.0610232336010.30334@attu2.cs.washington.edu>



On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, David Rientjes wrote:
> 
> Some of the internal commands that have been coded in C are actually much 
> better handled by the shell in the first place.  It's much simpler to 
> write and extend as well as being much more traceable for runtime 
> problems.

Yes. However, from a portability (to Windows) standpoint, shell is just 
about the worst choice.

Not that perl/python/etc really help - unless the _whole_ program is one 
perl/python thing. Windows just doesn't like pipelines etc very much.

So I'd like all the _common_ programs to be built-ins..

		Linus