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- From: andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman)
- Subject: Re: ksh
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- Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia
- References: <1992Dec7.010835.24621@Princeton.EDU> <1992Dec10.011541.27531@u.washington.edu> <FISCHER.92Dec12191250@solsort.iesd.auc.dk>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:24:12 GMT
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- fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer) writes:
- >
- >Get BASH (Bourne Again SHell), the GNU version of ksh with lots of csh
- >niceties and other good stuff. I've used it as login shell on Sun's
- >and NeXT for years, and it's truly the best shell available.
-
- You cannot make absolute statements ("best shell available") about
- subjective things like shells (and editors, and religions, and
- politics, and music, and, ...)
-
- BASH is quite usable but is also very large. A quick comparison on my
- machine shows it using four times as much memory NeXT's /bin/sh.
- You've got to ask yourself if its worth it...
-
- --
- Andy Newman (andy@research.canon.oz.au)
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