raburns%ecotopia@Sun.COM (Randy Burns) (08/16/89)
Is there a c-shell or bourne shell interpreter for OS/2? Where is it available? A friend and I are doing some development and it would be nice if we could find such a product. Please respond by E-Mail. Thanks Randy Burns
leefi@microsoft.UUCP (Lee Fisher) (08/19/89)
> Is there a c-shell or bourne shell interpreter for OS/2?
I tried replying to the person who asked this question, but my mail
bounced. So, here is information on the Hamilton C Shell, a csh for
OS/2 written by Hamilton Labs. The author of the shell sent me this
text to be posted to this newsgroup (he's not on usenet):
[Warning: a copy of an advertisement follows...]
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Hamilton C shell(tm)
Hamilton Laboratories is proud to announce immediate availability
of Hamilton C shell, a powerful interactive programming language for
OS/2(tm). For technically-oriented users, it is a superior alternative
to the standard OS/2 command processor. Its key benefit is the time
it saves, which can often be an hour a day.
Features:
- Command line editing with arrow keys and filename and command
completion,
- User-definable function keys,
- Fully nestable programming constructs for iteration and condition-
testing,
- Variables, arrays and a wide range of expression operators and
built-in functions,
- A powerful history mechanism for recalling and editting past commands,
- Language contructs for I/O redirection, piping, background execution,
and parallel threading,
- Command substitution (use the output of one command as command-line
arguments to another),
- Aliases and shell procedures for user-defined language extensions,
- Hashing to speed searches of the PATH directories and
- Advanced filename wildcarding.
Hamilton C shell faithfully recreates the entire C shell language as
described in the Berkeley 4.3 Unix Programmer's Manual. Hamilton C shell
is designed with modern incremental compiler technology to take special
advantage of OS/2's unique capabilities. Not one of the more than 46,000
lines of code in this product was ported from or even written on anything
but OS/2.
Environments Supported:
IBM OS/2 Standard or Extended Edition 1.1 (Presentation Manager) or later.
Microsoft OS/2 Software Development Kit 1.06 or later.
Requires 286- or 386-based AT or PS/2 or compatible with minimum 2 MB RAM
and 20MB hard disk. All executables will run properly inside a PM window.
Price and Availability:
$350.00, single user binary license, quantity one. Not copy-protected.
Unconditional satisfaction guarantee. MasterCard and Visa accepted.
For more information:
Hamilton Laboratories, 13 Old Farm Road, Wayland, MA 01778, 508-358-5715
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I think if you write or call them, they might have an information
packet. Tell him leefi@microsoft sent you.
For more information on it, see the article in the Summer 1989 issue
of "IBM Personal System Developer", pages 119-121.
Disclaimer: I don't have a copy of this shell, I don't have any business
relationship with this company, but do I know the author.
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lee fisher, leefi@microsoft.com, {uw-beaver,sun,uunet}!microsoft!leeficck@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) (08/19/89)
In article <7442@microsoft.UUCP> leefi@microsoft.UUCP (Lee Fisher) writes: >> Is there a c-shell or bourne shell interpreter for OS/2? Is not the MKS Toolkit available in an OS/2 version? You get the Korn shell plus many other goodies. Now, I have a couple of questions. First, why would anyone want the C-shell for OS/2? I thought the whole point of OS/2 (other than making big bucks for Microsquat) was a graphical interface. The C-shell is straight out of the model 33 teletype line-oriented world of UNIX. Unless I'm missing something, this sounds like turbo charging your VW, and then adding a governor.... Second, why would anyone be willing to pay $350 bucks (the price of one C-shell for OS/2) on top of what OS/2 costs to get something that looks like UNIX, circa 1979, without a fraction of the capabilities of 1979 UNIX? Moreoever, you can get real 1989 UNIX for less than the cost of OS/2 plus the (Hamilton) C-shell. I realize that it has been said "there's a sucker born every minute," but this seems an inadequate explanation. Maybe it's drugs? The summer heat? The water?