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in reply to Re^3: At what point do you rewrite that old shell script in Perl?
in thread At what point do you rewrite that old shell script in Perl?

Thanks for the excellent reply. I'll use that advice. One thing though; could you please clarify your sentence: "Any time updating a program and rewriting (or refactoring) the program to be more maintainable are in the same ballpark in terms of time, opt for making it more maintainable later."?

Edit: That is,

  1. is a rewrite == making a shell script more maintainable?, and
  2. do you mean, "making something more maintainable later", as in "put off making it more maintainable -- do it later", or do you mean "making something more maintainable right now for the additional changes you'll probably have to make down the road"?

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