Message-ID: <69b48a73@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc References: <10otpi4$1opu8$3@dont-email.me> <10otrqi$1p9ft$1@dont-email.me> <10ou2q9$1qp29$1@dont-email.me> <10oucet$vo4d$2@news.xmission.com> <10ouhk5$22anv$1@dont-email.me> <20260312095816.00001163@gmail.com> <69b33726@news.ausics.net> <20260313080000.00004c23@gmail.com> <10p1cg9$3an5p$4@dont-email.me> User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20251224 ("Glenury") (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 14 Mar 2026 08:06:43 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 22 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.unix.shell:26706 comp.os.linux.misc:82942 In comp.os.linux.misc The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 13/03/2026 15:00, John Ames wrote: >> On 13 Mar 2026 07:59:02 +1000 >> not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote: >>> I've done the same thing using PHP, running the script from the >>> command-line to generate the static site. I've done it in Bash >>> earlier too, but I ran into things that are just much easier in >>> PHP since it's built for generating HTML. >> >> Oh, that's a clever notion! Hadn't thought of doing it that way. >> > There is no point in using PHP to generate a *static* site. It is after > all for *active* sites. It comes with all the functions to make generating HTML easier and you get the ability to put PHP code inside HTML with . It's certainly closer to being designed for the task than Bash, or especially C with its bare-bones string handling. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#