[clean-list] Clean on Unix

[Brian Rogoff]

Hi,
    I had a discussion with my manager this morning about using Clean 
in some projects (I'm fortunate enough to work for a manager who knows a 
lot about FP :), and during that conversation the big sticking point was 
the fact that Unix is a second class citizen in the Clean world. Is there
any hope that things will get better? After scanning some of the mail from 
last year I get the impression that the answer is "no", that Unixes are
strictly a sideshow and Clean is mostly Windows/Mac oriented. 

    IMO this situation is unfortunate, since Unixes appear to dominate the
scientific and engineering software markets, which, while small, are more
likely to appreciate the benefits of a language like Clean. 

    Please, no OS flames, all OSes suck, I'm just curious about whether 
I can make a good case for using Clean in a Unix (Solaris/Linux/maybe
HPUX) environment in the future or not. 

-- Brian