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From: Harald Arnesen <skogtun@gmail.com>
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] The Unix shell: a 50-year view -- second pass feedback wanted
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2021 21:54:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e0e2ca00-24b3-ed1e-8949-9f49b631f8ea@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202107091804.169I4L4p2778131@darkstar.fourwinds.com>

Jon Steinhart [09/07/2021 20.04]:

>   o  The shell as defined above is being used in ways that are far more
>      complex than originally contemplated when Bourne created the original
>      syntax and semantics, much less the new features from kash adopted by
                                                              ^^^^
>      the POSIX standards committee.  The combination of both the POSIX and
>      bash extensions to the Bourne shell exposes a new set of limitations
>      and issues such as performance.


      reply	other threads:[~2021-07-09 19:55 UTC|newest]

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2021-07-09 18:04 Jon Steinhart
2021-07-09 19:54 ` Harald Arnesen [this message]

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