On 7/31/23 7:38 AM, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
In the spirit of increased compatibility across Unix world, it'd be
quite useful if shells stop inventing incompatible "extensions".
That's an excellent way to stifle innovation.
The "function" keyword, for example. Why does it even exists?
You're 40 years too late to that game; `function' was in ksh83.
Chet
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