Fault Tolerant Shell

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Posted by michael on Sunday March 14, 2004 @10:03PM from the does-it-correct-typos? dept.

Paul Howe writes "Roaming around my school's computer science webserver I ran across what struck me as a great (and very prescient) idea: a fault tolerant scripting language. This makes a lot of sense when programming in environments that are almost fundamentally unstable i.e. distributed systems etc. I'm not sure how active this project is, but its clear that this is an idea whose time has come. Fault Tolerant Shell."

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Oooh! An idea whose time has come! by linuxbaby · 2004-03-14 22:11 · Score: 2, Funny
More ideas whose time has come, including:
- DRM Helmets
- Jack Kemp
- Yankee Go Home
- Collaborative Dispute Resolution
- Microchips for Your Pet Parrot! (see page 2 of Google results)
Re:Worst idea since spell checkers by WeeBull · 2004-03-14 22:25 · Score: 3, Funny

Dude - you could have spell-checked your post!
How long until... by simon_clarkstone · 2004-03-14 22:27 · Score: 3, Funny

...people start pronouncing "ftsh" as "fetish". Actually, I've started already, just ask the girl sitting next to me. ;-)

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Re:Worst idea since spell checkers by FrostedWheat · 2004-03-14 22:27 · Score: 5, Funny

just need to learn to spell and to ytype accuratly. -- QED - Quite Easily Done

<Teal'c> Indeed </Teal'c>
Re:Let's draw a line in the sand... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-14 22:28 · Score: 4, Funny

java, c++, c#

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asm, c ?
Re:Let's draw a line in the sand... by LarsWestergren · 2004-03-14 22:36 · Score: 4, Funny

All the programmers who need the environment to compensate for their inadequacies, step on one side. All the programmers who want to learn from their mistakes and become better at their craft, get on the other side.

Most of us know where this line is located.

"In other news, at the local beach today a vicious fight broke out between geeks about where to draw a line. Sand was kicked, noses have been blooded, we have some unconfirmed reports of a wedgie. We will have more on this breaking news as it comes in."

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Re:Let's draw a line in the sand... by ebuck · 2004-03-14 22:37 · Score: 4, Funny

Too good to pass up...

Redmond city limits?
login by Rutje · 2004-03-14 22:56 · Score: 5, Funny

"Password fairly correct. Root login granted."

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1. Re:login by Linker3000 · 2004-03-14 23:13 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Yup, imagine 'ole clippy:
  
  Seems you're trying to guess the administrator password. Do you want me to:
  
  * Let you in to save time
  * Give you a couple of letters as a clue
  * Not let you in until you get it right
  
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Re:RTFA by 91degrees · 2004-03-14 23:12 · Score: 1, Funny

Of course not. I'm trolling. Details like facts get in the way.
In Monopolistic America by fruity1983 · 2004-03-14 23:18 · Score: 3, Funny

In monopolistic America, you tolerate faulty shell.

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Fault Tolerance at its best by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-14 23:25 · Score: 0, Funny

For a scripting language, just follow the VB approach which is already ultra efficient and completely fault-tolerant:

On Error Resume Next
Not good by Molina+the+Bofh · 2004-03-14 23:39 · Score: 3, Funny

joshua:~#rm -Rf //tmp
Probable typing error detected. Parsed as rm -Rf / /tmp

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Re:Let's draw a line in the sand... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-15 00:28 · Score: 1, Funny

I'm with you. Brothers, cast down thy debuggers! Join us in the use of printf()!
Re:Nice, which brings me too.... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-15 02:50 · Score: 1, Funny

What the computer world needs is a COmmon Business Orientated Language or similar, something that everyone can use and no-one can understand
Re:Let's draw a line in the sand... by gearry · 2004-03-15 02:52 · Score: 2, Funny

Come on, geeks at the beach? Wouldn't the sun hurt our pale complexions?

Everybody knows all the real geeks are still in the desert trying to get their robots to go a few more miles.

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OT: Regarding your signature... by synaptik · 2004-03-15 06:59 · Score: 3, Funny

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Does that mean they were (wait for it...) existentialists?

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