RE: [Axiom-developer] Testing build-improvements

[Page, Bill]

On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:56 PM Gaby wrote:
> 
> "Page, Bill" <address@hidden> writes:
> | Damn. I just can't keep up the pace. :-(
> 
> hey, it is Thanksgiving soon :-)
>

Done that already. (I'm in Canada, eh?) Gotta work this
weekend. Have fun with the family when you still can!
 
> ... 
> I'm interested in the difference between
> 
>     $tangle -R"$chunk"
> 
> and 
> 
>     $tangle -"R$chunk"
> 
> (for true, I don't know the portability issue here; I'm just
> curious).
> 

That should be:

$tangle "-R$chunk"

But in the 4 shells to which I have easy access (bash, sh, csh,
and ksh) there seems to be no difference in behaviour. And I
assume also in zsh. So apparently it is just an issue of style
or folklore. Write that one off...

Regards,
Bill Page.