mason (05/19/83)
I have to agree with the comments mike made:
Wonderfulness is a personal preference...
I hate the command processor...
I am relatively new to the UNIX environment, and I have to admit I like
it. Previously I had found the p-System command processor preferable to
CP/M, RSX, RSTS etc. that I had used, (& I still do). But for the word
processing that I generally use my micro for, the ability to use pipes and
filters would be EXTREMELY desirable, and the equivalence of command files
and programs also is a major step forward.
For someone with a substantial background in O/S internals I think
changing the command processor is possible. It is essentially an entry
in a library, however the interfaces are not documented anywhere. I have
plans to change to a simple shell. My main problem at this point is that I
don't want to implement pipes on disk (the way I believe the "shell"s on
CP/M do it) but I don't see much choice without bankswitching or some other
such exciting internal twiddling.
If anybody has heard of an improved command processor, I would like
to hear about it.
Thanks for the comments. Flames, comments, etc to:
(..decvax!utzoo!utcsrgv!mason)
.../Dave