Justin Zygmont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Compatibility and standards are areas where expectations of commercial
> > Unix users are high, IMO, and where not _all_ GNU tools are improvements
> > on their (formerly, in the case of OpenSolaris) proprietary models.
>
> I can add bash to that list as well, it can be frustrating using
> sh. Perfect example of a sysV tool stuck in the stoneage.
This looks like a missunderstanding.
Bourne shell stays Bourne shell.
Bash tries to reimplement ksh.
The fact that some Platforms do not care about backwards compatibility
and replaced /bin/sh by bash does not make a sysV system stoneage. They just
give you the freedom to choose your favorite shell.
Jörg
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