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Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting

Started byLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
First post2026-03-12 07:21 +0000
Last post2026-03-15 12:39 +0000
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  Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-12 07:21 +0000
    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-12 03:42 -0400
      Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-12 12:34 +0000
        Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-03-12 15:08 +0000
          Just out of curiosity... (Was: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-12 15:22 +0000
            Re: Just out of curiosity... (Was: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-12 15:29 +0000
            Re: Just out of curiosity... Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-03-12 16:31 +0000
            Re: Just out of curiosity... (Was: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-12 19:04 +0000
        Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2026-03-12 17:58 -0400
    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-12 09:00 +0100
      Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-12 10:59 +0100
        Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-12 12:44 +0000
          Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-12 14:12 +0000
            Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-03-12 09:58 -0700
              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-03-12 19:38 +0000
                Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-12 20:18 +0000
                  Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 11:37 +0000
                    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-13 19:24 +0000
                Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-12 20:57 +0000
              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-03-13 07:59 +1000
                Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 11:44 +0000
                Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 08:00 -0700
                  Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 16:03 +0000
                    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 09:26 -0700
                      Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 19:02 +0000
                        Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 12:21 -0700
                          Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 20:56 +0000
                            Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 14:14 -0700
                              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 21:52 +0000
                                Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 15:03 -0700
                              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-13 22:08 +0000
                                [OT] Static HTML and using PHP or Javascript (was Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-14 03:56 +0100
                                  Re: [OT] Static HTML and using PHP or Javascript (was Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-14 12:49 +0000
                                    Re: [OT] Static HTML and using PHP or Javascript (was Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-14 19:07 +0000
                          Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-14 02:35 +0000
                            Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-13 23:26 -0400
                              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-14 04:59 +0000
                                Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-14 02:35 -0400
                                  Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-14 18:38 +0000
                            Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-14 12:38 +0000
                            Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-03-16 08:21 -0700
                              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-16 17:48 +0000
                              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-17 02:08 -0400
                    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-03-14 08:06 +1000
                  Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-03-14 07:51 +1000
            Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-12 19:46 +0100
              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-12 19:03 +0000
                Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-12 20:44 +0100
                  Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 11:32 +0000
                    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2026-03-13 12:57 +0000
                      Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 13:33 +0000
                        Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2026-03-13 23:17 +0000
                          Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-14 01:21 +0000
                      Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-13 21:58 +0000
                        Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2026-03-13 23:01 +0000
                          Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-13 23:07 +0000
                            Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-14 03:08 +0000
                              [OT] Religion and War (was Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-14 04:54 +0100
                                Re: [OT] Religion and War (was Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-14 13:18 +0000
                              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-03-13 21:32 -0700
                                Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting (religion) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-14 17:36 +0000
                                  Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting (religion) Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-14 17:52 +0000
                                    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting (religion) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-15 02:32 +0000
                                  Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting (religion) Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-03-14 11:35 -0700
                                    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting (religion) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-15 02:39 +0000
                                      Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting (religion) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-15 12:33 +0000
                                        Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting (religion) c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-16 00:03 -0400
                                          Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting (religion) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-16 13:12 +0000
                                            Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting (religion) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-16 20:18 +0000
                                  Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting (religion) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-14 22:38 +0000
                                    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting (religion) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-15 02:45 +0000
                                      Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting (religion) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-15 12:36 +0000
                              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-14 12:30 +0000
                    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-13 19:33 +0000
                      Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 21:08 +0000
                        Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-14 02:53 +0000
                    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-13 22:37 +0100
                      Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 21:54 +0000
                        Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-14 04:00 +0100
          Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-12 19:23 +0100
            Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-12 20:50 +0000
              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-13 03:05 +0100
                Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-13 03:00 +0000
                  Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-12 23:35 -0400
                    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 12:03 +0000
                  Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-13 04:59 +0100
                    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-13 01:32 -0400
                      Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 12:07 +0000
                        Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2026-03-13 12:48 +0000
                          Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-13 21:59 +0000
                            Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2026-03-13 23:01 +0000
                              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 23:09 +0000
                                Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-14 06:29 -0400
                              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-14 12:36 +0000
                            Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-14 03:19 +0000
                              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-14 04:10 -0400
                                Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-14 15:28 +0100
                                  Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-14 18:58 +0000
                              Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-14 13:02 +0000
                        Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-13 19:13 +0000
                    Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 03:20 -0700
                      Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 12:14 +0000
                        Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-13 22:02 +0100
                Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 11:52 +0000
          Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-03-13 07:43 +1000
            Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-13 11:38 +0000
        Unsettling bash tutorial (was: Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-14 11:07 +0000
          Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-14 15:53 +0100
            Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-14 22:34 +0000
              Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-14 22:14 -0400
                Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-15 04:55 +0000
                  Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-15 04:01 -0400
                    Re: Unsettling bash tutorial gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-15 12:30 +0000
                      Re: Unsettling bash tutorial The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-15 12:39 +0000
                      Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-15 20:45 +0000
                        Re: Unsettling bash tutorial gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-15 23:20 +0000
                          Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-16 02:03 +0000
                            Accessing args in csh/tcsh aliases (Was: Unsettling bash tutorial) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-16 02:41 +0000
                    Re: Unsettling bash tutorial The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-15 12:38 +0000
                      Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-15 20:47 +0000
                    Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-15 20:44 +0000
                      Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-15 23:36 -0400
                        Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-16 05:48 +0000
                          Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-16 05:11 -0400
                            Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-16 19:44 +0000
                              Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-03-16 13:29 -0700
                                Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-03-17 00:02 +0000
                                  Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-17 00:36 +0000
                                    Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-17 03:18 -0400
                                      Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-17 18:13 +0000
                                        Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-18 03:00 -0400
                                          Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-18 18:19 +0000
                                            Re: Unsettling bash tutorial The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-18 18:29 +0000
                                              Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-18 23:30 -0400
                                                Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-19 05:36 +0000
                                                  Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-03-19 05:51 +0000
                                                    Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-19 03:59 -0400
                                                      Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-19 19:16 +0000
                                                        Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-19 20:34 +0100
                                                          Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-20 03:23 -0400
                                                            Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-20 12:28 +0100
                                                        Babbling about chemistry (Was: Unsettling bash tutorial) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-19 20:19 +0000
                                                          Re: Babbling about chemistry (Was: Unsettling bash tutorial) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-19 20:47 +0000
                                                          Re: Babbling about chemistry (Was: Unsettling bash tutorial) c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-19 23:21 -0400
                                                            Re: Babbling about chemistry (Was: Unsettling bash tutorial) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-20 05:13 +0100
                                                              Re: Babbling about chemistry (Was: Unsettling bash tutorial) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-03-20 07:09 +0000
                                                                Re: Babbling about chemistry (Was: Unsettling bash tutorial) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-20 07:21 +0000
                                                                  Re: Babbling about chemistry (Was: Unsettling bash tutorial) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-20 12:19 +0100
                                                        Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-20 02:45 -0400
                                                  Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-19 03:07 -0400
                                                  Re: Unsettling bash tutorial The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-19 13:33 +0000
                                                Re: Unsettling bash tutorial The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-19 13:33 +0000
                                            Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-18 23:07 -0400
                                            Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-19 03:46 -0400
                                              Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-03-19 18:18 +0000
                                Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-17 00:24 +0000
                                  Knoppix (Was: Unsettling bash tutorial) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-17 00:56 +0000
                                    Re: Knoppix (Was: Unsettling bash tutorial) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-17 06:05 +0000
                                  Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-03-16 22:38 -0700
                      Re: Unsettling bash tutorial The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-16 13:06 +0000
                        Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-16 09:52 -0400
                          Re: Unsettling bash tutorial The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-16 14:21 +0000
                            Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-16 14:35 +0000
                              Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-03-16 10:39 -0700
                              Re: Unsettling bash tutorial The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-16 17:44 +0000
                              Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2026-03-16 18:03 +0000
                                Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-03-16 11:09 -0700
                                Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-16 19:53 +0000
                                Re: Unsettling bash tutorial The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-16 20:25 +0000
                                Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-17 02:10 -0400
                              Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-17 02:05 -0400
                                Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-03-17 19:35 +0000
                            Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-17 01:57 -0400
                        Re: Unsettling bash tutorial rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-16 19:49 +0000
                          Re: Unsettling bash tutorial c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-17 02:59 -0400
              Re: Unsettling bash tutorial ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-03-15 02:20 +0000
                Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-15 08:08 +0000
                  Re: Unsettling bash tutorial gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-15 12:39 +0000

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#26679

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-03-13 11:44 +0000
Message-ID<10p0ta9$30rut$14@dont-email.me>
In reply to#26669
On 12/03/2026 21:59, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> I have seen a static site generator written in C, but I don't think
> it was anyone's idea of elegance. A C program that only needs to
> run once (for its author, at least) can cut a_lot_  of corners!
> 
I use PHP and javaScript because they are ubiquitous - and totally 
horrible too.
Some of my PHP calls C code to do the heavy lifting. PHPs implementation 
of  the mySQL API is deeply flawed.

I could, and probably ought to, use C more than php. But its a nasty 
quick hack that works well *enough*. And can be documented as well
javaScript sucxks worse than an industrial vacuum cleaner, but there 
isn't anything else I know of to implement cient side complexity



> I am sometimes tempted to use C for dynamic sites, though many
> claim PHP is just as fast these days anyway.
Php is nowhere near as fast as C, but it is for sure *fast enough*. Mostly



-- 
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid decision or more dangerous way of 
making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people 
who pay no price for being wrong.”

Thomas Sowell

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#26687

FromJohn Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Date2026-03-13 08:00 -0700
Message-ID<20260313080000.00004c23@gmail.com>
In reply to#26669
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.

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#26688

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-03-13 16:03 +0000
Message-ID<10p1cg9$3an5p$4@dont-email.me>
In reply to#26687
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.


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news paper, you are mis-informed."

Mark Twain

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#26689

FromJohn Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Date2026-03-13 09:26 -0700
Message-ID<20260313092610.000065be@gmail.com>
In reply to#26688
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:03:21 +0000
The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> > 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.

Allows you to use the same language across the board. A bit unorthodox,
but I can see the use of it.

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#26690

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-03-13 19:02 +0000
Message-ID<10p1mva$3g8pp$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#26689
On 13/03/2026 16:26, John Ames wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:03:21 +0000
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>> 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.
> 
> Allows you to use the same language across the board. A bit unorthodox,
> but I can see the use of it.
> 

But 90% of my php is in fact straight HTML.

-- 
There is nothing a fleet of dispatchable nuclear power plants cannot do 
that cannot be done worse and more expensively and with higher carbon 
emissions and more adverse environmental impact by adding intermittent 
renewable energy.

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#26692

FromJohn Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Date2026-03-13 12:21 -0700
Message-ID<20260313122129.00007909@gmail.com>
In reply to#26690
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:02:02 +0000
The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> > Allows you to use the same language across the board. A bit
> > unorthodox, but I can see the use of it.
> 
> But 90% of my php is in fact straight HTML.

Ditto - but adding PHP (or another preprocessor utility) to the mix
allows me to write the common sections (header, footer, nav. sidebar)
once, in a separate file, rather than having to update them manually
across every single page every time I need to change something. It's
not *as* useful when it's not happening automagically server-side, but
it still saves a lot of tedium.

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#26695

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-03-13 20:56 +0000
Message-ID<10p1tmf$3j7m7$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#26692
On 13/03/2026 19:21, John Ames wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:02:02 +0000
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>> Allows you to use the same language across the board. A bit
>>> unorthodox, but I can see the use of it.
>>
>> But 90% of my php is in fact straight HTML.
> 
> Ditto - but adding PHP (or another preprocessor utility) to the mix
> allows me to write the common sections (header, footer, nav. sidebar)
> once, in a separate file, rather than having to update them manually
> across every single page every time I need to change something. It's
> not *as* useful when it's not happening automagically server-side, but
> it still saves a lot of tedium.
> 
You can do the same with javaScript


-- 
"First, find out who are the people you can not criticise. They are your 
oppressors."
      - George Orwell

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#26698

FromJohn Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Date2026-03-13 14:14 -0700
Message-ID<20260313141431.000058dc@gmail.com>
In reply to#26695
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:56:47 +0000
The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> > Ditto - but adding PHP (or another preprocessor utility) to the mix
> > allows me to write the common sections (header, footer, nav.
> > sidebar) once, in a separate file, rather than having to update
> > them manually across every single page every time I need to change
> > something. It's not *as* useful when it's not happening
> > automagically server-side, but it still saves a lot of tedium.
> 
> You can do the same with javaScript

IMNSHO the use of client-side scripting to load and display static page
content should be considered Objectively Wrong, so...nope.

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#26701

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-03-13 21:52 +0000
Message-ID<10p20v6$3j7m7$8@dont-email.me>
In reply to#26698
On 13/03/2026 21:14, John Ames wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:56:47 +0000
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>> Ditto - but adding PHP (or another preprocessor utility) to the mix
>>> allows me to write the common sections (header, footer, nav.
>>> sidebar) once, in a separate file, rather than having to update
>>> them manually across every single page every time I need to change
>>> something. It's not *as* useful when it's not happening
>>> automagically server-side, but it still saves a lot of tedium.
>>
>> You can do the same with javaScript
> 
> IMNSHO the use of client-side scripting to load and display static page
> content should be considered Objectively Wrong, so...nope.
> 

Christ! There is so much religion here the odour of sanctity is making 
me vomit...


-- 
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to 
fill the world with fools.”

Herbert Spencer

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#26705

FromJohn Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Date2026-03-13 15:03 -0700
Message-ID<20260313150359.00002154@gmail.com>
In reply to#26701
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:52:38 +0000
The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> > IMNSHO the use of client-side scripting to load and display static
> > page content should be considered Objectively Wrong, so...nope.
> 
> Christ! There is so much religion here the odour of sanctity is
> making me vomit...

As I'm an ocean and a continent removed from your end of the exchange,
that's fine by me ;P

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#26707

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2026-03-13 22:08 +0000
Message-ID<10p21sn$3kl4p$7@dont-email.me>
In reply to#26698
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:14:31 -0700, John Ames wrote:

> IMNSHO the use of client-side scripting to load and display static
> page content should be considered Objectively Wrong ...

I once took a web page created by a friend, displaying a static table
of information (about CPU processors), and reduced it from nearly a
megabyte in size down to a little over 100K. I put all the table info
into JavaScript structures, and had code that ran on page load to
generate the display tables from that.

I also added dynamic sorting features, so you could rearrange the
table by the values of selected columns by clicking on the column
headings. The sorting code knew something about the units used for
numeric values in certain columns, so it could, e.g. interpret “1M” as
greater than “2K”.

All the work was done in the browser.

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#26716 — [OT] Static HTML and using PHP or Javascript (was Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting)

FromJanis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
Date2026-03-14 03:56 +0100
Subject[OT] Static HTML and using PHP or Javascript (was Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting)
Message-ID<10p2ip1$3r45b$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#26707
On 2026-03-13 23:08, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:14:31 -0700, John Ames wrote:
> 
>> IMNSHO the use of client-side scripting to load and display static
>> page content should be considered Objectively Wrong ...
> 
> I once took a web page created by a friend, displaying a static table
> of information (about CPU processors), and reduced it from nearly a
> megabyte in size down to a little over 100K. I put all the table info
> into JavaScript structures, and had code that ran on page load to
> generate the display tables from that.
> 
> I also added dynamic sorting features, so you could rearrange the
> table by the values of selected columns by clicking on the column
> headings. The sorting code knew something about the units used for
> numeric values in certain columns, so it could, e.g. interpret “1M” as
> greater than “2K”.
> 
> All the work was done in the browser.

Usually I avoid unnecessary dynamic content if possible. (And
John had been speaking about static pages.) I also avoid use of
frameworks or dependencies in general.

Despite having meanwhile spent many years and created dozens of
web-pages and various types of content I'm no HTML/CSS/JS expert
or anything (as I value it). During my engagement with the topic
I had chosen various methods to address creation of HTML tables.

Plain bloated handwritten HTHL, use of CSS classes to reduce the
bloat, accepting the HTML-tags overhead and creating the content
using shell/awk scripts, using JS featured tables, generating the
HTML tables by JS, and maybe more that I might have forgot.

I'm not sure what the real web-technology experts would say. I'd
certainly try to avoid use of dynamic languages for static pages
(I don't much like Javascript as language and I sort of hate PHP
from a programming language perspective; but I regularly used the
former and [only] in one small case had used the latter).

I'm not running an own server, so for dynamic content I used JS.
I observed that you can do a lot to reduce bloat by using CSS.

Janis

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#26731 — Re: [OT] Static HTML and using PHP or Javascript (was Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting)

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-03-14 12:49 +0000
SubjectRe: [OT] Static HTML and using PHP or Javascript (was Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting)
Message-ID<10p3lgl$8394$7@dont-email.me>
In reply to#26716
On 14/03/2026 02:56, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> I'm not sure what the real web-technology experts would say. I'd
> certainly try to avoid use of dynamic languages for static pages
> (I don't much like Javascript as language and I sort of hate PHP
> from a programming language perspective; but I regularly used the
> former and [only] in one small case had used the latter).
> 

Horses for courses.

I think PHP sucks, but if you want, for example, a web page that returns 
the content of a dynamically altering text file on the host, a file 
which is not uniquely identified by name, but by the first line of it's 
content...and there may be duplicates, but you want the one that has the 
latest timestamp, a static page wont cut it.

PHP is a bit quicker than C.  And making e.g. Apache use PHP is a well 
documented piece of cake. Making it run C is a lot more effort.

> I'm not running an own server, so for dynamic content I used JS.
> I observed that you can do a lot to reduce bloat by using CSS.

Indeed, until your css file itself becomes the bloat.

Likewise if you want your page to e.g. have a running clock on it, or to 
update a server without the user having to hit a submit button, or 
indeed have context sensitive menu trees etc, then you needs must use 
javaShite™. And deal with all the cruft placed in it by code gurus.


-- 
When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over 
the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that 
authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.

  Frédéric Bastiat

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#26741 — Re: [OT] Static HTML and using PHP or Javascript (was Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting)

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-03-14 19:07 +0000
SubjectRe: [OT] Static HTML and using PHP or Javascript (was Re: Over-Elaborate Shell Scripting)
Message-ID<n1lpvgF7sb5U2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#26731
On Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:49:25 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> PHP is a bit quicker than C.  And making e.g. Apache use PHP is a well
> documented piece of cake. Making it run C is a lot more effort.

I don't know what the current status is but at one time Apache/FastCGI 
using C was a reasonable approach. Anything I've done in the last 10 years 
uses node/express on the backend. Deno and bun are challenging node but I 
don't see an advantage at this point. Neither are particularly stable.


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#26714

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-03-14 02:35 +0000
Message-ID<n1jvrbFthd9U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#26692
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:21:29 -0700, John Ames wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:02:02 +0000 The Natural Philosopher
> <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> > Allows you to use the same language across the board. A bit
>> > unorthodox, but I can see the use of it.
>> 
>> But 90% of my php is in fact straight HTML.
> 
> Ditto - but adding PHP (or another preprocessor utility) to the mix
> allows me to write the common sections (header, footer, nav. sidebar)
> once, in a separate file, rather than having to update them manually
> across every single page every time I need to change something. It's not
> *as* useful when it's not happening automagically server-side, but it
> still saves a lot of tedium.

There is a learning curve but in Python the Flask framework pulls in Jinja 
as the templating engine.

https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/templates/#template-
inheritance

We had a programmer who loved PHP (Personal Home Page). I dipped into the 
code a couple of times trying to do minor fixes and it wasn't pretty.

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#26720

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2026-03-13 23:26 -0400
Message-ID<UBycnZgN78XoSCn0nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#26714
On 3/13/26 22:35, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:21:29 -0700, John Ames wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:02:02 +0000 The Natural Philosopher
>> <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>> Allows you to use the same language across the board. A bit
>>>> unorthodox, but I can see the use of it.
>>>
>>> But 90% of my php is in fact straight HTML.
>>
>> Ditto - but adding PHP (or another preprocessor utility) to the mix
>> allows me to write the common sections (header, footer, nav. sidebar)
>> once, in a separate file, rather than having to update them manually
>> across every single page every time I need to change something. It's not
>> *as* useful when it's not happening automagically server-side, but it
>> still saves a lot of tedium.
> 
> There is a learning curve but in Python the Flask framework pulls in Jinja
> as the templating engine.
> 
> https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/templates/#template-
> inheritance
> 
> We had a programmer who loved PHP (Personal Home Page). I dipped into the
> code a couple of times trying to do minor fixes and it wasn't pretty.

   Aww ... PHP is OK .. not all *that* different from 'C'.
   However it can be writ, well ... badly.

   If you need a web page to DO SHIT other than just sit
   there and look pretty then you need PHP. I often used
   those 'make yer own page' apps/CMS - cheap - to set up
   the HTML/pages ... the annoying stuff ... and then
   used PHP to add IQ. Worked well, fairly quick. Found
   Joomla to be maybe the best compromise of features,
   though there is a bit of a learning curve compared
   to, say, WordPress.

   Ok, hate to say the name, JavaScript works too ...

   The big 'personal' advantage of PHP is that it
   makes the SERVER do most of the work whereas
   the others burn YOUR cycles.

   Had a web page that asked for a password ... and
   if you failed it ran a JS bit that did lots of
   trig/float stuff in a tight loop - while showing
   a woodcut from Dante's Inferno. Yer fan would
   instantly shift to max gear and the browsers
   would start screaming about overtaxing content :-)

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#26723

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-03-14 04:59 +0000
Message-ID<n1k89mF258U4@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#26720
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:26:41 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    If you need a web page to DO SHIT other than just sit there and look
>    pretty then you need PHP. I often used those 'make yer own page'
>    apps/CMS - cheap - to set up the HTML/pages ... the annoying stuff
>    ... and then used PHP to add IQ. Worked well, fairly quick. Found
>    Joomla to be maybe the best compromise of features, though there is a
>    bit of a learning curve compared to, say, WordPress.

Never used it. Our SPA used Angular. The browser based apps I did prior to 
the map being incorporated into the Angular project used Node.js/
Express.js on the backend and the Esri Javascript 3.x API on the fontend 
for the map pieces. 

I did a web app on the Pi yesterday. The Pi reads a I2C DHT11 sensor to 
get the inside temperature and humidity and publishes it so I can get the 
data in the browser on my main machine rather than switching to the Pi. 
Tomorrow I'll probably expand it to query NOAA for the outside temperature 
and humidity and add it to the page.  Python/Flask. 

fwiw, since the Flask package is included in the Pi's system site packages 
I'm not in a venv. Also I spun off a process using 
subprocess.Popen("python", "dht_simple.py") with no problem. The 
subprocess does the actual hardware read and updates the html. 

I suppose PHP was better than FrontPage that used millions of non-breaking 
spaces to format a page. Like Cobol there is still a lot of it around. 
However if I had a kid in college I would not advise them to use PHP.

https://kinsta.com/blog/php-vs-angular/

probably tl;dr. Synopsis: 

"The Angular framework works excellent for building large-scale apps with 
complexity and need of scalability.

PHP is an old player, and it’s still very much in the game. It’s a good, 
low-cost option for you to develop a small business website, a portfolio 
site, or even an ecommerce store."

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#26724

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2026-03-14 02:35 -0400
Message-ID<1dudnS4HlpEMnCj0nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#26723
On 3/14/26 00:59, rbowman wrote:
 > On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:26:41 -0400, c186282 wrote:
 >
 >>     If you need a web page to DO SHIT other than just sit there and look
 >>     pretty then you need PHP. I often used those 'make yer own page'
 >>     apps/CMS - cheap - to set up the HTML/pages ... the annoying stuff
 >>     ... and then used PHP to add IQ. Worked well, fairly quick. Found
 >>     Joomla to be maybe the best compromise of features, though there 
is a
 >>     bit of a learning curve compared to, say, WordPress.
 >
 > Never used it. Our SPA used Angular. The browser based apps I did 
prior to
 > the map being incorporated into the Angular project used Node.js/
 > Express.js on the backend and the Esri Javascript 3.x API on the fontend
 > for the map pieces.

   There are a variety of page builders. Some are very
   simple, stuff like WordPress/Joomla fall in the middle.
   However page layout - what/where/pretty-colors - tends
   to be the Most Annoying bit. You can waste a LOT of
   time trying to get it right by yourself.

   However such pages are STUPID ... so PHP is needed
   to add IQ.

   PHP is not all-powerful ... hell, try to get it to
   do anything off the webroot, gotta be creative !
   However it's a LOT better than nothing.

   Did a web app where I didn't want 'them' to have
   much of anything to attack. The "real" web pages
   were hidden off the root. Some PHP trix generated
   a 'fake', temporary, image of the page where the
   real code was off the root. After x-minutes it
   would just be disappeared ... no URL or anything
   to get back to it.

 > I did a web app on the Pi yesterday. The Pi reads a I2C DHT11 sensor to
 > get the inside temperature and humidity and publishes it so I can get the
 > data in the browser on my main machine rather than switching to the Pi.
 > Tomorrow I'll probably expand it to query NOAA for the outside 
temperature
 > and humidity and add it to the page.  Python/Flask.

   PIs are great ... but you don't build Industrial Strength
   web pages for them. By the time you make them safe for
   an outwards-facing server, well, the speed issues come up.

 > fwiw, since the Flask package is included in the Pi's system site 
packages
 > I'm not in a venv. Also I spun off a process using
 > subprocess.Popen("python", "dht_simple.py") with no problem. The
 > subprocess does the actual hardware read and updates the html.

   Flask is OK ... not gonna knock it. DO like Python
   abilities too, beats the crap out of other 'script'
   languages. However I still would not do "Industrial"
   using Python. OK for more limited spheres however.

 > I suppose PHP was better than FrontPage that used millions of 
non-breaking
 > spaces to format a page. Like Cobol there is still a lot of it around.
 > However if I had a kid in college I would not advise them to use PHP.
 >
 > https://kinsta.com/blog/php-vs-angular/

   Well, PHP isn't COBOL (I know, I used to do COBOL apps
   in the Ancient World). I think of PHP as a relatively
   easy, readable, way to add IQ to HTML pages. It's not
   a BAD lang, you can do ALMOST anything with it.

 > probably tl;dr. Synopsis:
 >
 > "The Angular framework works excellent for building large-scale apps with
 > complexity and need of scalability.
 >
 > PHP is an old player, and it’s still very much in the game. It’s a good,
 > low-cost option for you to develop a small business website, a portfolio
 > site, or even an ecommerce store."

   Correct - do NOT piss on PHP. It was made for a
   particular, valuable, niche purpose and still
   serves that well and simply.

   If you can program 'C' or Pascal then you can
   program PHP with No Problems.

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#26739

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-03-14 18:38 +0000
Message-ID<n1lo8pF6u7vU4@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#26724
On Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:35:05 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    Correct - do NOT piss on PHP. It was made for a particular, valuable,
>    niche purpose and still serves that well and simply.

It does but it isn't useful for most of the browser based maps I did.  For 
work I used the Esri Javascript API but Leaflet is a popular open source.

https://leafletjs.com/

You serve up the original page, but as you pan the map the client side is 
making many calls to a tile server to get the png pieces for the base map.

https://tile.openstreetmap.org/13/4090/2724.png

is an example. In Brave and Firefox <Ctrl><Shift><I> will bring up the 
developer tools panel. Select the network tab and you'll see all the 
calls.

That would be difficult if not impossible to do server side. Back in the 
day I used FastCGI and C.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastCGI

I knew C and PHP wasn't very attractive. I understand it has improved. I 
didn't do any web stuff for ten or twelve years when I was tasked with 
developing a web map to replace a standalone that was locked to Visual C++ 
6.0. By then Javascript was the way to go for both the front and back 
ends. 

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#26730

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-03-14 12:38 +0000
Message-ID<10p3ksv$8394$6@dont-email.me>
In reply to#26714
On 14/03/2026 02:35, rbowman wrote:
> We had a programmer who loved PHP (Personal Home Page). I dipped into the
> code a couple of times trying to do minor fixes and it wasn't pretty.

PHP is as ugly as fuck. So is javaScript.

But they work. And are widely supported,

Chainsaws are also ugly as fuck.,


-- 
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
  – Will Durant

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