6 Dec
2017
6 Dec
'17
2 p.m.
Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, arnold(a)skeeve.com wrote:
"goto" was in the V6 shell, I think (next to no experience with the V6
shell, and it was a LONG time ago anyway). But there never was a goto
in the V7 shell.
"#" as the root prompt predates # as
the comment in the Bourne shell,
not to mention predating copy/paste entirely. (My understanding is that
the do-nothing command, ":" was used for comments. Talk about
minimalist!)
And as a label for the dreaded "goto" command; it was a while before I
realised that ":" in and of itself did bugger-all...
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."