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Re:Defensive BASH programming by matobago on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @04:18AM (#10736725)
I'm not sure if scripting can be consider programming. Excessive scripting means lack of software architecture, no to mention the least efficient way to work with the FS
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Re:Defensive BASH programming by darkr on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @04:42AM (#10736800)
Depends on how you define scripting vs programming. I'd argue that you can "program" in a shell language; bash is Turing-complete after all.

Whether doing so or not is a good idea is another question entirely..

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