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On Monday 20 October 2003 12:17, Kai Hendry wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 09:59:18PM +0000, Adrian Midgley wrote: > > Is this a very large project to have been done in shell? > > The shell is the best place to start. As accountants do mainly input > into the machine, the interface has to be fast and powerful. > > Most GUIs do not hack it! I agree on the interface, but many people would have reached for Python, Perl, or even C, rather than the shell language. I think. -- From the Linux desktops of Dr Adrian Midgley http://www.defoam.net/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.