Stefan van der Eijk wrote:
>
> > > > It seems that ksh has recently been open-sourced. It may be a nice
> > > > addition to the distro (if the license permits, of course)...
>
> > > we have pdksh which is good enough.
>
> > Good enough if you don't like the taste of korn, or find it hard to
> > digest.. otherwise korn fans might appreciate the extended functionality
> > (though I've never met one myself).
>
> Some die-hards at work (slowlaris lovers, etc) swear by the korn shell.
> There are people that like it, but you may need to turn over a few rocks
> to find them ;-).
>
> What kind of caught my attention in the /. article is that (according to
> David Korn) pdksh is a ksh88 lookalike. There has been ksh93 for some
> years, and has been open-sourced recently. This version seems to have
> some advanced scripting functionality... Have a quick read through the
> /. article...
>
> Stefan
ksh it the defacto standard for non interactive shells. Almost every
place that I have been uses ksh for their scripts. I think that it
has alot to do with MKStoolkit and SFU both having a ksh version in
them. This is ksh88 I am talking about. Ksh93 is still not used that
much, at the time of ksh88 AT&T could make a change and it would stick.
That is not the case now. But it is still a nice thing to give people
access to.
Richard
