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From: "Dan Cross" <crossd@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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On 3/11/07, Kris Maglione <bsdaemon@comcast.net> wrote:
> [...]
>
> And if rc is to have such a massive revamping, there's no good reason to
> keep calling it rc.

I think the point you keep missing is that this isn't such a massive
revamping.  It's a simple change that doesn't break any existing
scripts; the worst thing that could happen is that new scripts don't
run on the old shell, in which case one can update the shell.

This really isn't that big of a deal.  You're making a mountain out of
a molehill.  As for your point about writing a new shell.  Well, go do
it, then.

        - Dan C.