Re: procmail vs. exim (was: Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...)
Incoming from Steve Lamb:
> s. keeling said:
> > I'd also like to mention that some people can write unreadable code in
> > any language, while others take care to make sure their code doesn't
> > get that way. Procmail is no exception.
>
> This is not true. Some languages are designed in such a manner that
> readability isn't high on the list. Do a Google on mindfuck and tell me
No need to go that far. Try "dict fortrash". And:
Consistently separating words by spaces became a general custom about
the tenth century A.D., and lasted until about 1957, when FORTRAN
abandoned the practice.
-- Sun FORTRAN Reference Manual
I doubt you'd bother to flame Fortran as you've been abusing procmail.
I'll wager that procmail is one of the better documented utilities out
there, considering all those writing about its usage. The tiny-tools
project even supplies an emacs syntax checker mode for rc files
(http://pm-doc.sourceforge.net/pm-tips-body.html).
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