From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 24430 invoked from network); 18 Nov 2021 19:23:03 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 18 Nov 2021 19:23:03 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9ECB79CA74; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 05:23:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A6359CA36; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 05:20:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 655EF9CA36; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 05:20:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E65D29C2A1 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 05:20:23 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 1AIJKInW002689 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:20:19 -0700 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 1AIJKIwd002688; Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:20:18 -0700 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <202111181920.1AIJKIwd002688@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:20:18 -0700 To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org, pnr@planet.nl, chet.ramey@case.edu, arnold@skeeve.com References: <202111181903.1AIJ3xqk032412@freefriends.org> <7f730812-e0c1-ea96-a253-bf16b25e789d@case.edu> In-Reply-To: <7f730812-e0c1-ea96-a253-bf16b25e789d@case.edu> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Book Recommendation [ reallly inscrutable languages ] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Chet Ramey wrote: > On 11/18/21 2:03 PM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote: > > > Also remember that there were plenty of people who were happy working > > with the shell and the Unix toolkit as-is. > > I would argue that this functionality gap is what inspired David Korn to > put as much into ksh as he did. The first `public' version of ksh was > released in 1983. This is a good point. Those of us with access to ksh made use of its features when scripting. (Speaking for myself.) Arnold