It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.

I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence.

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.

So please don't think I have a 'down' on the MVS people. I'm just pulling off their arms to beat other people over the head with.

Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.

The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer.

Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.