Lennart Borgman wrote, quoting Marc Chantreux: >> I think the lake of open source sh is a real problem so if i had more >> time to spend for a windows shell , i would try to port dash (as >> minimalist sh replacement, it can be easier to port than bash). If i was >> really skilled, i would try to port zsh (wich is much powerfull than bash).
You are, of course, entitled to that opinion. Personally, I consider bash to be *more* than powerful enough :-) > There is an old port of zsh (or maybe was, I am not sure I can find it > now). Yes, a unix style shell would makes things easier for those > working on multiple platforms or porting software in either direction. Which is exactly why those of us who engage in such porting activity use Cygwin or MinGW+MSYS. AFAIK, Kees uses MinGW+MSYS to build the GnuWin32 packages; no doubt, he will correct me if I'm wrong. In fact, if you are serious about code portability, then you really *must* eschew *all* of those fancy extended shell features of zsh, and even of bash or ksh. The only `given', on which you may depend, is that a traditional, (and basic), Bourne Shell is available, and you *must* write all shell code to run with that least common denominator. Regards, Keith. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
