Re: [9fans] usage of CPU server

[Rick Hohensee <humbubba@smarty.smart.net>]

> 
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 06:53:02PM +0000, okamoto@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, it did work right.   I get headache usually when I read man pages
> > of sh/csh/rc.   ^_^
> > 
> David Korn <dkg@research.att.com> has written a book about the Korn
> shell, which seems greatly respected in development circles.  The new
> Korn shell is quite novel, but its roots are in the Bourne shell of yore
> and David's knowledge is probably unsurpassed.
> 
> Of course, Tom Duff did a better job with RC, but he had no legacy to
> contend with; he could _learn_ from previous mistakes instead of having
> to be compatible with them.
> 
> ++L
> 

More flame bait:

The -n test, "newer than" I believe entered unix shells with the Korn
shell. IMNNSHO (In My Notoriously Not So Humble Opinion), that obsoleted
the "make" utility. 

It also seems like much of the POSIX spec for the shell is from Korn, 
where it's not from Bourne. This is the impression of someone who's never
actually seen a POSIX in real life.

Rick Hohensee