On Mon, December 18, 2006 04:00, Allin Cottrell wrote:
> May I repeat the question about the (im)possibility of shell
> escapes ('!') in functions? Then one could call any external
> engine one likes and provide a nice gretl function package
> interface for others (and oneself). For example it may also be
> nice to plug in some R routines in this way.
I see your point. My concern is to ensure that gretl doesn't
become a vector for malware. Maybe this is paranoid, but paranoia
seems reasonable given the current state of the internet. Anyone
else have thoughts on this?
I agree with Sven. Being multi-platform is a big asset here. Even if someone
may conceivably inbed a line like
!sudo rm -rf /
in a script, I'm sure windows users will notice that the script isn't working
for some obscure reason and the above cunning stratagem will be rather
short-lived.
Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
FacoltĂ di Economia "G. FuĂ "
Ancona