Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 23:49:16 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Import of tcsh into src/contrib/, replacing src/usr.bin/csh Message-ID: <200004102349.QAA28651@usr09.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <20000406151126.C25607@dragon.nuxi.com> from "David O'Brien" at Apr 06, 2000 03:11:26 PM
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> On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 10:01:17PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > I think putting in tcsh as csh would be putting FreeBSD in the > > same position of having a shell where script authors think they > > are using features which are available everywhere, but are > > specific to the "enhanced" shell > > Tcsh buys us *INTERACTIVE* enhancements, not scripting ones. It buys us different code that used to be running. Different code is bad, for something as critical as a shell scripting language. Look at the bash-isms that keep creeping into configure scripts, making them only work on systems where /bin/sh is bash. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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