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From:	haahr@mv.us.adobe.com (Paul Haahr)
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To:	alan@oldp.astro.wisc.edu
Subject: Re:  redirection and built-ins
Cc:	rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu

> At the moment,
> 	echo bar | read foo
> is a widely known failing of sh, but with these two changes it would
> work in rc.

the issue is not bindings of pipes, but when pipe forks.  in rc and es,
(though, i've heard, not in Tom Duff's rc) all components of pipelines
are run in child processes.  this is, imho, the cleanest model.  i would
be very upset to see it change.

paul