[Nix-dev] Let's switch the default shell in Nixpks / NixOS to csh

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> Peter Simons <simons at cryp.to> writes:

> This makes me wonder whether maybe we should switch all shell scripting in
> Nixpkgs to "csh"? Wouldn't that solve a lot of problems? I've heard experts
> say that "csh" is generally considered superior for scripting tasks because
> of its more intuitive syntax.

I really dislike csh's syntax, and that of tcsh, and having to learn it in
order to write scripts for Nix would be undesirable to say the least.

John