On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 09:03:47PM +0100, A. Pagaltzis wrote: > > Actually, judging by the number of shell newbies who forget (or > just plain don't even know) to quote their variables and to tell > when it's necessary, I would say that the zsh guys are completely > correct: defaulting to word splitting is broken.
Claiming the default behaviour is wrong on account of what newbies do is wrong. That's like saying Ferrari got it wrong because how newbie drivers drive. Now, zsh would be right if they claim to be a shell for newbies. But I don't think they do. Abigail
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