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=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_12,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 24020 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2023 18:18:40 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 2 Jan 2023 18:18:40 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0592D42490; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 04:18:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-f48.google.com (mail-vs1-f48.google.com [209.85.217.48]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9B96041782 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 04:18:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-f48.google.com with SMTP id l184so952135vsc.0 for ; Mon, 02 Jan 2023 10:18:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=RXsJxc5UGUfU8bl/ozZZ9sgCf0JO8R6jflLJCxIPOms=; b=EZ6nWQ2ucEpRhL/OMis8JPHJy5LNvRE/yF+c5TU41wSHLfxhA+CfDryuFKAE5xsUir Pf1NzuiHvzHjk5TMZbnLB1Cqe5I7RYOVwjpGSZhMcL2x9JEXo2cFbsb7OOCw/GHLwoTp dOQbHjeVqFinmkIXBoaf0OMuHnyx6xE863P7Q= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=RXsJxc5UGUfU8bl/ozZZ9sgCf0JO8R6jflLJCxIPOms=; b=d8e+PdGlY8X9i4XFZ8PJJ3AoQkKK7S8ruvXdafAhXilPwtf5oNJEnMNRaKVYMZhCuF J/GN1vGhGN8HtMDGmmCqqP79UpdDA/JKU53wFV4UfBN/Tg1Oy4j+UsceDhTNUyNLawg/ AcjVb0lITwn5LCmF7DdoSqGJnF7aJ4xzTp0wAyYuHHbCxiXbhSYASEB3hVLi6TOspJCD gcOMis1LvtaZLbggrIp2mq7iySK2/IJjTKK7GqrZch0ebcG+hAb4oVc4ZDdrc0AEkBm5 H/ev9K9JhEbpBOnHORkQ44gkbO9caj0UOjpdkq+FfL/T3FdFkhgNBPGjMe4H91rh79f4 65JA== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2kqcfeNw1GDaLFNVSK0Mpr5KxM2PZsZepUww0lhsEG+WsdxYoEuO UyQ0IGPBY5UaYzb+ZCsWStjazw+FpHdiAPXgny7Y7mLipoa0wtIv X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMrXdXs9ubMISZjk8pmE7+4+rawGP2g2D32mzgOKhxwsbUXEQmy97xVz04WivXQRw0XMXrhWmOH/Dl4pAmuD/n5O6JE= X-Received: by 2002:a67:c885:0:b0:3c6:b0a1:298d with SMTP id v5-20020a67c885000000b003c6b0a1298dmr4308012vsk.9.1672683433592; Mon, 02 Jan 2023 10:17:13 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <88f83b4c-b3f9-ed87-b2fa-560fb369742a@makerlisp.com> <20221231035931.GG5825@mcvoy.com> <528f0c53-ccc2-88a1-5a7b-120362c648dd@mhorton.net> <20230102165120.GK25547@mcvoy.com> <20230102174304.GM25547@mcvoy.com> <59004a29-5119-9dd9-c248-518b8c4e7928@makerlisp.com> <20230102180020.p6gmiwhrnidfbfsc@illithid> <20230102181242.GO25547@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: <20230102181242.GO25547@mcvoy.com> From: Clem Cole Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2023 13:16:47 -0500 Message-ID: To: Larry McVoy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000e1a2ca05f14bf50c" Message-ID-Hash: UEDBB2XOHMCDXFZD37UEY57V4B6TUVFX X-Message-ID-Hash: UEDBB2XOHMCDXFZD37UEY57V4B6TUVFX X-MailFrom: clemc@ccc.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: A few comments on porting the Bourne shell List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000e1a2ca05f14bf50c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 1:13 PM Larry McVoy wrote: > > My scripts worked with /bin/sh being whatever it was. > > It's interesting to me that other old timers, like Clem, are saying > exactly the same thing as I am. Are we all wrong? > Exactly -- if you are disciplined -- it just works. It's not magic. =E1=90=A7 --000000000000e1a2ca05f14bf50c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 1:13 = PM Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wro= te:

My scripts worked with /bin/sh being whatever it was.

It's interesting to me that other old timers, like Clem, are saying
exactly the same thing as I am.=C2=A0 Are we all wrong?
Exactly -- if you are disciplined -- it just works.=C2=A0 It's no= t magic.=C2=A0
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