From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:20:19 -0600, Craig A. Berry wrote:   
      
   > But there is an important category of script that starts off as one   
   > long command, gets split into two or more commands, wrapped in a   
   > loop, parameterized for different inputs, put in a subroutine, and   
   > has features added like e-mailing the output to a distribution list.   
   > Now you've got a program, and there is no obvious point in that   
   > process where it's free or easy to switch languages.   
      
   Still doesn’t change the fact that languages designed for command-line   
   use are different in an important way from those designed for writing   
   programs/scripts.   
      
   The main difference comes down to this: in a command language,   
   everything typed is a literal string unless special   
   variable/command-substitution constructs indicate otherwise. Whereas   
   in a programming/scripting language, everything is a statement or   
   expression unless some kind of quoting mechanism indicates literal   
   strings.   
      
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